1. ليس إذا قلتم أبونا وأمنا

    هناك مدان ولا متقارب

    When you say, 'Our father and our mother,' there is no

    rival there, nor anyone who comes close.

  2. وَما وَلَدَتكُم حَيَّةُ بنَةُ مالِكٍ

    سِفاحاً وما كانت أحاديثُ كاذِبِ

    Hayya, daughter of Malik, did not bear you

    in fornication, nor were these a liar's tales.

  3. ولكن أبوكم فقعسٌ قد علمتم

    ومنصبكم إن عدتم في المناصب

    But your father is Faqʿas, as you well know,

    And your lineage, if you are reckoned among lineages.

  4. فها هذه أقدامنا في نعالكم

    وآنفنا بين اللحي والحواجب

    So behold: these are our feet in your sandals,

    And our noses between the jaws and the eyebrows.

  5. وإعطاؤنا في خيمنا وإباؤنا

    إذا ما أبينا لا ندر لغاصب

    Our giving is in our nature; as for our refusal—

    When we refuse, we yield no milk to a usurper.