غَدَت مِن تَميمٍ أُسرَةٌ فَوقَ أَرضِها

وَحاجِبُها تَحتَ الثَرى وَلَقيطُها

A family from Tameem became captive above their land

While their eyebrows are beneath the soil and their newborns

لَعَمري لَقَد أَضحَت فَوارِسُ مِنهُمُ

كَأَن لَم يَكُن مُروَّتُها وَوَقيطُها

By my life, their horsemen have become

As if their chivalry and protection were never there

فَقَد بُدِّلوا أَجداثَهُم مِن سُروجِهِم

فَأَنبَتَ رَوضاً طَلُّها وَسَقيطُها

They exchanged their weapons for their saddles

Thus blossoming the meadow they grazed and watered