1. Abu Malik visited the graves
As if he were a mourner visiting them

2. The birds of the night will cry over him
The vicious ones inhaling its dawn

3. The daughters of Abu Malik wail
With the horns of Christians and their flutes

4. Indeed the striking of Al-Hudhayl’s horses pleased me
And the neighing of Taghlib in their abode

5. Al-Hudhayl missed the clan of Taghlib
And the arrows of Qays with their strings

6. You rouse Qays but cannot withstand
The drumming of wars and their harm