وَإِذا تَأَمَّلَ شَخصَ ضَيفٍ مُقبِلٍ

مُتَسَربِلٍ أَثوابَ مَحلٍ مُقفِرِ

When a stranger in fine clothes is seen

approaching an empty shop,

أَومى إِلى الكَوماءِ هَذا طارِقٌ

نَحَرَتنِيَ الأَعداءُ إِن لَم تُنحَري

the owner gestures to his partner, “Here comes prey;

we’ll be slaughtered if he isn’t slaughtered."