1. Desire stirred and memory reminded
And today was incomprehensible in its auspicious news

2. I was left hanging, worried about her changes
Of women adorned by subtlety and caution

3. I thought I was an ally of Taim
And wise among them after what they plotted

4. Why didn’t you, O Bani Laja, protect our horses
From something that endangered them or a beast that deceived them

5. Or are you, O Taim, seeking someone who has no father
Whom Taim can reach or who poses a threat

6. After what happened, Taim hopes for rapprochement
The deaf who have neither hearing nor sight

7. Taim were once those against whom I set up
Catapults, and stones wore them down

8. They tasted what those before them tasted
And stumbled over the stumbling of the nobles when they stumbled

9. If Taim were admonished by others
In Dhi Al-Salib and Qaina’s Malik they would have taken heed

10. Clear the way for whoever wants to build a lighthouse
And come out boldly where fate has tested you

11. You continue to goad people and inform me
Of bitter sorrows until bitterness was harvested

12. Before you, other people came so I said to them
Struggle intensified and excuses between us faded

13. You will not be able to defeat me with Taim
When the writhing of the young camel rope intensified

14. Taim is but flies without wings
Against whom the tiger showed leniency once

15. There will come days when the smoke of disgrace covers their eyes
They cannot be relied upon if mentioned

16. And Taim are slaves to people they seek refuge with
Who give loyalty if they fulfill, and if they betray

17. Does Taim seek excuses after they betrayed?
God does not accept the apologies of Taim if they offer excuses

18. You cannot forbid yourselves a wedding ceremony without others
You only have visitors, no hosts

19. O Taim, o Taim of animosity who have no father
May time not put you in misery

20. O Taim, you cannot handle grave matters
Nor can gnats when serious calls come

21. Taim were rabble then told to them
The matter of rabble until the blind became clear

22. When the generous extend their ropes
The weakness of your rope's knot and shortness become apparent

23. Were it not for Zaid’s tribes who protect you
Your stick that is whittled and peeled would have gone

24. Our horsemen came angry and armed
As there is in Taim neither arming nor anger

25. We brought you from gardens and Saba’
The effects on your necks of mosques still visible

26. Evil was known in their robes, its origins clear
And the wind’s wickedness clear in their dwellings

27. Tell Taim, who snub their noses
When they spurn those who are like themselves

28. You were afraid, o son of the one who died a hypocrite
That rain would not fall from the wickedness of Barza

29. You are the son of Barza, attributed to Laja
Slave of slave-girls and staffs that are squeezed

30. You disgraced Taim but do not protect its sanctities
Since you are a bellows blown for the smith for rent

31. Why is Barza among the starvers when she vowed
To fast the sacred month if the moon did not rise

32. She entrusted her sons and said: pay the blood-money for your father except the oldest among you
Taim have blasphemed

33. I am preparing horses for you, angry and armored
Among them spears, and more later will come

34. The snakes, O Bani Laja, truly
Hiss when the male’s love stirs the female

35. Were it not for your ally you would not know
Which tunnel Taim dug

36. With Zaid’s children I am attributed if a lineage is recounted
Can the Chosen One or the moon be denied?

37. Evil befriended Taim in their abodes
And evil equals Taim if they gather

38. Hold back your hands for Taim were given precedence
On the day of boasting and good fortunes are grasped

39. If Taim remain patient while their skins are still green
From disgrace, they did not show such patience before today

40. Those who ignited the fire recognized
Barza’s traces, and traces lead to waterholes

41. She said to Taim ibn Qunub, blaming them:
O Taim, for you there is neither good news nor victory

42. Taim’s living shame you if you boast of them
And Taim’s dead disgrace you if they are scattered

43. Your despicable father wearies you, so try to find
Is there in Dhi Al-Ahdam’s rays someone to boast of?

44. They do not witness the savior of the people among them
Matters are concluded against Taim without them noticing

45. O Lord of the living, give us relief after their stumbling
We were to them like the bone’s marrow so they broke us

46. We pushed away the enemy and made their abode narrower
Until they lived in enclosures after being confined

47. One day we drive captive livestock behind us
Disheveled hair, another day cattle are herded

48. The people may know that Taim caused them pain
Shall I tell people of Taim’s villainy or refrain?

49. O Taim, O Taim, Taim did not inherit
An honorable house, nor on any day when they boasted

50. Taim do not one day deny
Having the evening leftovers and drinking muddy water

51. Makhzool mixed with Abi Laja
Who has a branding on his color that appeared