1. O dweller of the abodes, rejoice in Sa'd!
Indeed, I love the dwellings for the love of Fatimah

2. The slanderers wanted to sadden me
So they disturbed the heartache within, unleashing it

3. Indeed, your tears overflowed, on a day of strength
For an eloquent man whose need was remembrance

4. I stayed up the night, watching every star
Crossing by wherever I sought help, then hiding away

5. His heart yearns and the eye meets
From tears, rounds of descending and flowing

6. If your family, O Sulaymah, descends
Upon Darih Salsal, they rove the tombs

7. So the heart calls us to her love
And the people of Jahamah dislike that she be visited

8. As if the select parts of Nabih's wine
Came down the Pyramid, lower than the shroud

9. When they descend upon Zarood, they build upon it
Houses of disgrace and short columns

10. The valleys of Makhzee flow down upon them
Though they had settled there

11. Wasn't Farazdaq but a monkey
Struck down by lightning, spinning around

12. You used to, when encamped at a people’s abode
Depart with shame and leave in disgrace

13. You married Nawar yet intended not
For a rebel against my father to attain Nawar

14. So your religion, O Farazdaq, is Layla’s religion
Visiting Qaynu for pilgrimage and Umrah

15. So Qaynu kept flying after Layla’s wedding
Sparks upon your resting-places

16. You viewed our war against you, and it repelled
The piercing sparks at Dhi ‘Alaq

17. Did I not forbid digging at Hafir
The sons of Qurtah and their filthy abodes

18. I will wager, O son of Hadijah's storytellers
Against you the extending of spears and wars

19. The ascetics see upon me, besides me
Pools of death and dark, murky swamps

20. Are we not—did Mu'add know—more worthy
The morning after fright, to envy

21. And strike with swords when the horses engage
The valleys resound, kindling hot flashes

22. And stab with spears when the heights vary
With outstretched arms when the pools seethe

23. And praise, in war he brings victory
And defends a side and strengthens a neighbor

24. We were angry the day of Tikhfah, as you knew
So we bound the kings there, as a lesson

25. Our horsemen: Utaybah and the son of Sa’d
And the captains of the raids, wherever they marched

26. Among us: Ma’qil and Abd Qays
And our horseman who hindered adversaries

27. So expect not the stars, O Banu ‘Iqal
Nor the shining moon, when it lights up

28. While we light up the enemies at every frontier
Feared by the enemy as an inflamed fire

29. Have you forgotten Az-Zubayr and the pledge of ‘Awf
And ‘Awf, when he strengthened you against a rebellious neighbor?