رَأَيتُكَ مَزهوّاً كأَنَّ أَباكُمُ

رَأَيتُكَ مَزهوّاً كأَنَّ أَباكُمُ

صُهَيبَةَ أَمسى خَيرَ عَوفٍ مُرَكَّبا

صُهَيبَةَ أَمسى خَيرَ عَوفٍ مُرَكَّبا

I saw you puffed up with pride, as though your father

I saw you in splendor as if your father

Suhaybah had become the best of ʿAwf in lineage.

Ṣuhaybah had become the best mounted man of ʿAwf

تُقِرُّ بِكُم كوثى إِذا ما نُسِبتُمُ

تُقِرُّ بِكُم كوثى إِذا ما نُسِبتُمُ

وَتُنكِرُكُم عَمرو بنُ عَوفِ بنِ جَحجَبي

وَتُنكِرُكُم عَمرو بنُ عَوفِ بنِ جَحجَبي

Kutha acknowledges you when your ancestry is traced,

The Kuthayy tribe acknowledges you whenever you are attributed to it

and ʿAmr son of ʿAwf son of Jahjabi disowns you.

While ʿAmr ibn ʿAwf ibn Jaḥjab denies knowing you

عَلَيكَ بِأَدنى الخَطبِ إِن أَنتَ نِلتَهُ

عَلَيكَ بِأَدنى الخَطبِ إِن أَنتَ نِلتَهُ

وَأقصِر فَلا يَذهَب بِكَ التيهُ مَذهَبا

وَأقصِر فَلا يَذهَب بِكَ التيهُ مَذهَبا

Keep to the humblest undertaking, if you can accomplish it,

You have the slightest of claims over it, if you obtain it

and desist; do not let conceit lead you astray.

So be brief and do not let confusion carry you away