1. أَقولُ لِلصَحبِ في البَيضاءِ دونَكُم

    مَحَلَّةً سَوَّدَت بَيضاءَ أَقطاري

    I say to the companions in al-Bayda: here you have

    A dwelling that blackened the whiteness of my horizons.

  2. مَأَوى الفَتوَةِ لِلأَنذالِ مُذ خُلِقَت

    عِندَ الكِرامِ مَحَلُّ الذُلُّ وَالعارِ

    A haven of chivalry for the base since it was created;

    To the noble, a place of humiliation and disgrace.

  3. كَأَنَّ ساكِنَها مِن قَعرِها أَبَداً

    لَدى الخُروجِ كَمُنتاشٍ مِنَ النارِ

    Its dweller always seems, coming from its depths,

    On emerging, like one plucked from the fire.