تَقَوَّل أَبا عَمروٍ عَلَيَّ فَلا تَعُد

تَقَوَّل أَبا عَمروٍ عَلَيَّ فَلا تَعُد

بِرَمّانَ تَدعو جُندُباً وَالحَناتِما

بِرَمّانَ تَدعو جُندُباً وَالحَناتِما

He fabricated lies against me, Abū ʿAmr—do not repeat it.

Slander me, Abū ʿAmr, but do not repeat it,

At Rammān you summon Jundub and the Ḥanātima.

calling upon Jundub and the Ḥanātim at Rammān.

وَإِنَّكَ إِن تُؤثِر عَلَيَّ اِبنَ يامِنٍ

وَإِنَّكَ إِن تُؤثِر عَلَيَّ اِبنَ يامِنٍ

وَإِخوَتَهُ أوثِر عَلَيكَ العَلاقِما

وَإِخوَتَهُ أوثِر عَلَيكَ العَلاقِما

And if you prefer Ibn Yāmin to me,

And indeed, if you prefer Ibn Yāmin over me

and his brothers, I will prefer bitter colocynths to you.

and his brothers, I prefer the ʿAlāqim over you.