1. Lo! Say to the tribe in all regions, "Peace be upon you,
Though you spoke not a word of greeting."

2. He who is given love of maidens, he then
Is wealthy, and he who is deprived of love is deprived.

3. Today you frightened upon us wildly
And you startled the savage from its ruins, alarmed.

4. O clan of Abd Amr, I am through with you,
Though long has been my warning, had you but heeded.

5. O clan of Abd Amr, the palms of your hands
Have been struck by the injuries of a canal not to be repaired.

6. Hizam sent hither Jafnah as a visitor,
But he returned and brought his folk the worst of booty.

7. So rider of the sand-dune, what will you do
With Hizam, now that I have joined them in the worst conjoining?

8. When I repulsed the clan of Hizam,
They were writhing like snakes in a crumbled cave.

9. When Mudar's she-camel breasted the barren tract,
No Hizami on the plain was left moaning.

10. Abd Hizam met misery, so he met it.
His hands reached not the rungs of a ladder.