1. أخالدُ يا ابن الخالدات مخازياً

    ماذا دعاك إلى اكتساب هجائي

    O Khalid, son of women whose disgraces live forever,

    What drove you to earn my satire?

  2. للَّهِ درُّ أبيك أيَّةُ حيلةٍ

    لو أنها جازت على الفُهماءِ

    God bless your father—what a ruse,

    If it could fool the discerning!

  3. لما بدا لك أنَّ خِزْيك قد غدا

    أحدوثة الرُّكبان والأَملاءِ

    When you saw that your disgrace had become

    The talk of riders and assemblies,

  4. عرَّضتَ للشعراء عِرْضك عامداً

    كيما يقال تَكذُّبُ الشعراءِ

    You deliberately exposed your honor to the poets,

    So that people might say, "The poets are lying."

  5. بل كنت فيما حِدْتَ عنه ولم تَئِلْ

    كالمستَجيرِ لظىً من الرَّمضاءِ

    Rather, trying to evade what you failed to escape, you were

    Like one seeking refuge in flames from scorching sand.

  6. يا شاعراً يهجو نُسَيَّةَ خالدٍ

    عنك الهجاءَ كفاك بالأسماءِ

    O poet who lampoons Khalid's petty womenfolk,

    Leave satire aside; their names are enough for you.

  7. أسماؤهنّ هجاؤهنّ ومن يقل

    أفعى يُبِنْ لا شَكَّ عن صَمَّاءِ

    Their names themselves lampoon them, and whoever says

    "Viper" describes, beyond doubt, a deaf serpent.

  8. لا تحسبنّك في هجائك تَفْتري

    ما لم يجئنَ به من الفَحْشاءِ

    Do not think that in your satire you invent

    Any obscenity they have not committed.