1. God cursed a gang of Jews,
With cowardice between Jelejul and Sirar,
١. لَعَنَ الإِلَهُ مِنَ اليَهودِ عِصابَةً
بِالجِزعَ بَينَ جُلَيجِلٍ وَصِرارِ
2. A people, when vintage was boiled down you saw them
With red inflamed eyes from drinking it unmixed,
٢. قَومٌ إِذا هَدَرَ العَصيرُ رَأَيتَهُم
حُمراً عُيونُهُمُ مِنَ المُسطارِ
3. The nobility went to Quraysh,
While stupidity rests under the turbans of the Helpers,
٣. ذَهَبَت قُرَيشٌ بِالمَكارِمِ وَالعُلى
وَاللُؤمُ تَحتَ عَمائِمِ الأَنصارِ
4. So leave nobility, you are not of those worthy of it,
And take up your saws, sons of carpenters!
٤. فَذَروا المَكارِمَ لَستُمُ مِن أَهلِها
وَخُذوا مَساحِيَكُم بَني النَجّارِ
5. The horsemen recognize your backs,
Sons of every spineless cuckold,
٥. إِنَّ الفَوارِسَ يَعرِفونَ ظُهورَكُم
أَولادَ كُلِّ مُفَسَّحٍ أَكّارِ
6. And if you attribute to the son of al-Furay'ah his lineage,
He is like a stray camel between a she-ass and an ass.
٦. وَإِذا نَسَبتَ اِبنَ الفُرَيعَةِ خِلتَهُ
كَالجَحشِ بَينَ حِمارَةٍ وَحِمارِ