1. لو كنتَ تخْلد خلد لؤْ

    مِك كنت كاسمك خالدا

    If you lived as long as your baseness,

    you would be everlasting—Khalid, true to your name.

  2. أو لوْ علوتَ عُلُوَّ قَرْ

    نك كنت شيخاً ماجدا

    Or if you rose as high as your horn,

    you would be a noble elder.

  3. أُثني عليك ولستُ مثـ

    ـلك للصنيعة جاحدا

    I praise you; I am not, like

    you, ungrateful for a kindness.

  4. إني وجدتُ الشتم فيـ

    ـك مُواتياً ومساعدا

    Indeed, I found invective against

    you readily forthcoming and helpful.

  5. لو لم تكن عوني عَلَيْـ

    ـك لقيتُ جُهْداً جاهدا

    Had you not been my helper against

    yourself, I would have faced exhausting toil.

  6. فلأَهجونَّك شاكراً

    نعمى المعونة حامدا

    So I shall surely lampoon you, grateful

    for the blessing of your help, offering praise.

  7. أهجوتني وحسبتني

    يا ابن الخبيثة راقدا

    Did you lampoon me and think me

    asleep, O son of the vile woman?

  8. أحسنت ظنك بالأما

    ني الكاذبات مَواعدا

    You put your trust in hopes

    whose promises are false.

  9. فلأْتركنك بعد ظن

    نِك لا تصدِّق واعدا

    So I shall surely leave you, after that confidence of yours,

    believing no one who promises.

  10. ولأحدُوَنَّ بك القوا

    فيَ والكلام الشاردا

    And I shall surely chant about you in rhymes

    and wandering words.

  11. يا ابن اللئام بني اللئا

    م بني اللئام فصاعدا

    O son of the vile, sons of the vile,

    sons of the vile, and so on up the line.

  12. هلّا تذَكَّرتَ المصا

    در إذ تَقحَّمُ واردا

    Why did you not remember the ways out

    when you plunged headlong in to drink?