1. Ma'n, O Ma'n, O son of Za'ida the unwise,
With hers who is slender of arm, not full breasted,

2. Do not boast when you pride yourself on your fathers,
Rather pride yourself on your uncle al-Hawfazan.

3. For Hisham is of Wail in an exalted place,
While you consent to be less than he in station.

4. And when were you, O son of Dhabi'a, ever hoping
To wed the daughter of the angry tyrant?

5. She is a maiden like the wild onager, a filly
Too fierce for one not fierce as the onager.

6. And the daughters of Salil are in the eyes of Banu
Dhabi'a but wind eggs, O Banu Shayban!

7. They said, "Ma'n is ours," but when we tested him
He was but pasturage, no rain like Sa'dan's.