يا جَفنَةً تَرَكَ اِبنُ هَوذَةَ خَلفَهُ

مَلأى لِصُحبَتِهِ كَحَوضِ المُقتَري

O Jafnah left behind by the son of Hawdhah

Filled with his companions like a basin filled brimful

كَعَريضَةِ الشيزى يُكَلَّلُ فَوقَها

شَحمُ السَنامِ غَداةَ ريحٍ صَرصَرِ

Like a platter of sheez covered over

With cured meat fat on a morning after windy night

أَم مَن لِراسِيَةٍ كَأَنَّ أُوارَها

نَقعٌ تَعاوَرَهُ بَناتُ الأَخدَرِ

Or who is there for a pasture as though its thorns

Were a hollow soaked by the daughters of wild plum

أَم مَن لِخَصمٍ مُضجِعينَ قِسِيَّهُم

مَيلٍ خُدودُهُمُ عِظامِ المَفخَرِ

Or who is there for opponents lying emaciated while their cheeks

Incline on fragile bones

إِنَّ الرَزِيَّةَ لا أَبا لَكِ هالِكٌ

بَينَ الدِماخِ وَبَينَ دارَةِ خَنزَرِ

Verily man is not there for you, O perishing one

Between Dimakh and the abode of Khenzar

تِلكَ الرَزِيَّةُ لا رَزِيَّةَ مِثلُها

فَاِقنَي حَياءَكِ لا أَبا لَكِ وَاِصبِري

That perishing one, none other like her

So lend me your shame, no man there for you, but show patience