وَلاحَت لَنا أَبياتُ آلِ مُحَرِّقٍ

بِها اللُؤمُ ثاوٍ لا يَروحُ وَلا يَغدو

The tents of Al Muharraq's family appeared to us

In them cowardice resides, neither coming nor going

خِيامٌ قَصيراتُ العِمادِ كَأَنَّها

كِلابٌ عَلى الأَذنابِ مُقعِيَةٌ رُبدُ

Short pillared tents as though they were

Dogs crouching on their tails, shivering