1. If cowardice were a man who spoke to them,
He would be better than Hudhayl when he visits them.

2. You see brands between the cowards' eyes -
Like the marks of hot irons branding the slave girls.

3. The graves weep when their coward dies -
Crying out to whoever is in the earth to mourn him.

4. Like hedgehogs, the cowards are too timid to face
The harshness of daylight or the night spreading its veil.