1. God created Wardan and a mother who bore him,
He has the earning of a pig and the snout of a fox.
١. لَحا اللَهُ وَرداناً وَأُمّاً أَتَت بِهِ
لَهُ كَسبُ خِنزيرٍ وَخُرطومُ ثَعلَبِ
2. The deceit in him is but a sign,
That he is from that mother and father.
٢. فَما كانَ فيهِ الغَدرُ إِلّا دَلالَةً
عَلى أَنَّهُ فيهِ مِنَ الأُمِّ وَالأَبِ
3. When a person earns wickedness from his family,
Oh, wretched is that man and his earning!
٣. إِذا كَسَبَ الإِنسانُ مِن هَنِ عِرسِهِ
فَيا لُؤمَ إِنسانٍ وَيا لُؤمَ مَكسَبِ
4. Is this the one, daughter of Wardan, daughter of her father,
Both seeking sustenance through the evil of their demand?
٤. أَهَذا اللَذَيّا بِنتُ وَردانَ بِنتُهُ
هُما الطالِبانِ الرِزقَ مِن شَرِّ مَطلَبِ
5. Verily, I used to deny treachery in Tawus of Tayyi',
So do not rebuke me, many a truth is called a lie.
٥. لَقَد كُنتُ أَنفي الغَدرَ عَن توسِ طَيِّئٍ
فَلا تَعذِلاني رُبَّ صِدقٍ مُكَذَّبِ