1. Though he refused,
the generality deceivers and simpletons,
١. وانمار وإن رغِمت أنوفٌ
معديو العمومة والخؤولِ
2. Amr ibn al-Kuthayyir was good
in their lineage and my words he believed,
٢. وعمرو بن الخُثارم كان طبا
بنسبتهم وتصديقاً لقيلي
3. And not because ibn al-Kuthayyir was good
in his land or an outsider,
٣. وليس ابن الخُثارم كان طبا
بمقصي المحلِّ ولا دخيلِ
4. They have a language that shows their father
along with the outstanding and ignorant.
٤. لهم لغة تبيَّنُ من أبوهم
مع الغرر الشوادخ والحُجُولِ