لقينا منهمُ جمعا

فأوفى الجمع ما آنا

We met a band of them,

And the whole band did what I wished;

كأنا يوم قرّى

إنما نقتل إيّانا

As though it were the day of Qurra

For we were slaying only ourselves.

قتلنا منهم كلّ

فتى أبيض حسّانا

We killed every one of them,

A milk-white noble youth;

يرى يرفل في بر

دين من أبراد نجرانا

Wearing an embroidered robe,

A Najrani, the best of its sons.

إذا يسرحُ ضأنا

مائة أتبعها ضانا

When he went forth to pasture his flocks,

A hundred sheep followed behind him.