عَدَدْتُ قَوْمِي كَعَدِيدِ الطَيْسِ

عَدَدْتُ قَوْمِي كَعَدِيدِ الطَيْسِ

إذ ذَهَبَ القَوْمُ الكِرامُ لَيْسِي

إذ ذَهَبَ القَوْمُ الكِرامُ لَيْسِي

I counted my tribe as numberless as the sands,

when all the noble men had gone—save me.