1. سألنا عن ثُمالَة كلَّ حيٍّ

    فقال القائلون ومن ثُماَلهْ

    We asked every tribe about Thumala.

    Then those who spoke said, “And who are Thumala?”

  2. فقلت محمد بن يزيد منهم

    فقالوا زدتنا بهم جهالهْ

    So I said, “Muhammad ibn Yazid is one of them.”

    Then they said, “You have increased our ignorance of them.”

  3. فقال لي المبرِّد خلّ قومي

    فقومي معشر فيهم نذالهْ

    Then al-Mubarrid said to me, “Leave my people alone,

    For my people are folk marked by baseness.”