1. Amuttalib, leave off your empty boasts
For that is the habit of the ignorant

2. How did you see the swords of Bani Hareth
And the battle of the protector of Bani Dhabbah

3. You seek evidence through their swords, unwillingly
And you have no desire for pilgrimage

4. You did not acquire wealth from war booty
Nor from intelligence or work

5. Your gifts come in the morning on a swimmer
And at times on a hired camel

6. If people were sustained by cunning
You would not get a handful of sand

7. If the virtuous drank water
You would not attain a sip from them

8. If sustenance were exclusive to the generous
You would get no thread or fibers

9. But it is the sustenance of Him who grants it
It comes to dogs and bitches alike