لا تَرقُدَن وَاِبنَ ثُرَيّا مَعاً

فَإِنَّهُ أَطمَعُ مِن أَشعَبِ

Do not sleep, O son of Thurayya, with

For he is greedier than Ash`ab.

كَم دَبَّ كَالعَقرَبِ سَكَراً وَكَم

قَد قَتَلوهُ قِتلَةَ العَقرَبِ

How many crawled drunk like scorpions - and how many

They killed, slaughtered like scorpions!