يا دارَ أَسماءَ بِالأَمثالِ فَالرَجلِ

حُيّيتِ مِن دَمنَةٍ قَفرٍ وَمِن طَلَلِ

O house of Asma, exemplified in proverbs, and the man

Greeted from barren wilderness and from hills

كَأَنَّها بَعدَ عَهدِ العاهِدينَ بِها

مَهارِقُ العجمِ أَو موشِيَّةُ الحُلَلِ

As if after the era of those who covenanted with it

It is the nighttime sojourns of non-Arabs or the land’s embroidered cloak

دارٌ غُنينا بِها حيناً وَأَيٍّ غِنى

عَن أَهلِهِ يا اِبنَةَ اللضَبِّيِ لَم يَحُلِ

A house we were rich with once, but what riches

Can compare to its people, O daughter of al-Labbi, it cannot replace