إِن تَسأَلِ الأَشياخَ مِن آلِ مازِنٍ

تُرَدَّ إِلى عِلجٍ كَثيرِ القَوادِحِ

If you ask the elders of the clan of Mazin

You will be led back to many a night of revelry

وَكَم في قُرى مَيسانَ مِن عِلجِ قَريَةٍ

قَريبٍ بِكَفَّيهِ الوُشومُ لِصالِحِ

And how many are there in the villages of Maysan

A village of warriors with tattooed arms for Saleh

يَقولونَ صَبِّح صالِحاً فَاِستَغِث بِهِ

وَما صالِحٌ ريحُ الخُروءِ بِصالِحِ

They say, “Say good morning to Saleh and seek his aid”

Yet Saleh is not a man to be moved by entreaty