أَلا يا لَهْفَ هِنْدٍ إثْرَ قَوْمٍ

هُمُ كانوا الشِّفَاءَ فَلَمْ يُصَابُوا

Alas, O yearning of Hind for a people

Who were the cure, yet they were not struck

وَقَاهُم جَدُّهم بِبَنِي أَبِيهم

وبالأَشْقَيْنِ ما كان العِقَابُ

And their forefather protected them with the sons of his father

And with the two wretched ones, there was no punishment

وَأَفْلَتَهُنَّ عِلْبَاءٌ جَرِيضًا

وَلَوْ أدْركْنَهُ صَفِرَ الوِطابُ

And they escaped from Ilbaa, worn out

And had they reached him, the tents would have turned yellow