إِن تَأتِ عَبسٌ وَتَنصُرها عَشيرَتُها

فَلَيسَ جارُ اِبنِ يَربوعٍ بِمَخذولِ

If the hostile Abs tribe and its allies appear,

The son of Yarbou will not fail his neighbor.

كِلا الفَرقَينِ أَعيا قَتلَ صاحِبِهِ

هَذا القَتيلُ بِمَيتٍ غَيرِ مَطلولِ

Both sides have families that lost their loved one -

This victim killed, though no blood-debt was owed.

باءَت عَرارِ بِكَحلٍ وَالرِفاقِ مَعاً

فَلا تَمَنّوا أَمانِيَّ الأَضاليلِ

The women of Arar weep, their eyeblack flows -

Do not wish for things not meant for you.