1. تَسَمَّع في بُيوتِ بَني كِلابٍ

    بَني البَنا تَنوحُ عَلى تَميمِ

    Listen in the houses of Banū Kilāb

    to the sons of al-Banā lamenting Tamīm.

  2. بِكُرهِيَ إِن حَمَلتُ بَني أَبيهِ

    وَأُسرَتُهُ عَلى النَبَأِ العَظيمِ

    It was against my will, if I burdened his father's sons

    and his family with the grievous news.

  3. رَجَعتُ وَقَد قَتَلتُهُمُ جَميعاً

    إِلى الأَعراقِ وَالأَصلِ الكَريمِ

    I returned, having killed them all,

    to ancestral roots and noble stock.