تَميمُ بنُ مُرٍّ كَفكِفوا عَن تَعَمُّدي

تَميمُ بنُ مُرٍّ كَفكِفوا عَن تَعَمُّدي

بِذُلٍّ فَإِنّي لَستُ بِالمُتَذَلِّلِ

بِذُلٍّ فَإِنّي لَستُ بِالمُتَذَلِّلِ

Tamim son of Murr, cease deliberately subjecting me

Tamim ibn Murr, cease your mocking of me,

To humiliation, for I am not one to abase myself.

For I am not one to be humiliated.

أَيَهزَأُ بي العَبدُ الهُجَيمِيُّ ضِلَّةً

أَيَهزَأُ بي العَبدُ الهُجَيمِيُّ ضِلَّةً

وَمِثلي رَمى ذا التُدرَءِ المُتَضَلِّلِ

وَمِثلي رَمى ذا التُدرَءِ المُتَضَلِّلِ

Does the Hujaymi slave mock me in his folly,

Does this wretched slave mock me, leading me astray?

While one like me has struck the powerful, misguided man

Yet one like me has aimed at the confused trickster.

بِداهِيَةٍ دَهياءَ لا يَستَطيعُها

بِداهِيَةٍ دَهياءَ لا يَستَطيعُها

شَماريخُ مِن أَركانِ سَلمى وَيَذبُلِ

شَماريخُ مِن أَركانِ سَلمى وَيَذبُلِ

With a dire calamity that cannot be withstood

With a clever trick that the schemer cannot accomplish,

By lofty peaks on the flanks of Salma and Yadhbul?

Not even the skilled builders of Salma's pillars who weaken.

وَبِاللَهِ لَولا أَنَّ حِلمِيَ زَاجِري

وَبِاللَهِ لَولا أَنَّ حِلمِيَ زَاجِري

تَرَكتُ تَميماً ضُحكَةً كُلَّ مَحفَلِ

تَرَكتُ تَميماً ضُحكَةً كُلَّ مَحفَلِ

And by God, were it not that my forbearance restrains me,

By Allah, if it wasn't for my restraint holding me back,

I would have left Tamim a laughingstock at every gathering.

I would leave Tamim a laughingstock at every gathering.

فَكُفّوا رَماكُم ذو الجَلالِ بِخِزيَةٍ

فَكُفّوا رَماكُم ذو الجَلالِ بِخِزيَةٍ

تُصَبِّحُكُم في كُلِّ جَمعٍ وَمَنزِلِ

تُصَبِّحُكُم في كُلِّ جَمعٍ وَمَنزِلِ

So desist—may the Lord of Majesty cast disgrace upon you,

So cease your throwing of spears, O Lord of Majesty, in disgrace

That greets you in the morning at every gathering and dwelling.

That will make you hide yourselves in every group and abode.

فَأَنتُمُ لِئامُ الناسِ لا تُنكِرونَهُ

فَأَنتُمُ لِئامُ الناسِ لا تُنكِرونَهُ

وَأَلأَمُكُم طُرّاً حُرَيثُ بنُ جَندَلِ

وَأَلأَمُكُم طُرّاً حُرَيثُ بنُ جَندَلِ

For you are the scoundrels of mankind—you do not deny it;

For you are the scoundrels of people, none can deny it,

And the basest of you all is Hurayth son of Jandal.

And your misfortune was the work of Hurayth ibn Jandal.