1. أَيَهتِفُ مَكروبٌ بِبَكرِ بنِ وائِلٍ

    تَخَوَّنَهُ كابٍ مِنَ الجَدِّ عاثِرُ

    Does a man in distress call upon Bakr ibn Wa’il,

    Whom a faltering, stumbling turn of fortune has betrayed?

  2. تُسَوِّقُهُ ذُهلُ بنُ ضُبَّةَ فيكُمُ

    عَلى حالَةٍ قَد أَفرَدَتهُ العَشائِرُ

    Dhuhl ibn Dubba drives him among you,

    In a state where the clans have left him alone.

  3. دَعَوتُ لُجَيماً إِذ تَجَنَّبتُ خِندِفاً

    وَلَم يَكُ مِنهُم حَولَ بَيتِيَ ناصِرُ

    I called upon Lujaym when I shunned Khindif,

    And there was no supporter from among them around my house.