لَو سَأَلت عَنّا غَداةَ قراقِرٍ

لَو سَأَلت عَنّا غَداةَ قراقِرٍ

كَما كُنتَ عَنه سائِلاً لَو لَقيتها

كَما كُنتَ عَنه سائِلاً لَو لَقيتها

Had you asked about us on the morning of Quraqir,

as you were asking about it, had you encountered it—

لِقاءَ بَني نِمرٍ وَكانَ لِقاؤُهُم

لِقاءَ بَني نِمرٍ وَكانَ لِقاؤُهُم

غَداةَ الحُوالى حاجَةً فَقَضَيتُها

غَداةَ الحُوالى حاجَةً فَقَضَيتُها

the encounter with the sons of Nimr—and meeting them

on the morning of al-Huwala was a need, so I fulfilled it.