1. Had you resembled John in his marriages
You would not have sought a stallion whose grandsire was a raincloud
١. لَو كُنتَ أَشبَهتَ يَحيى في مَناكِحِهِ
لَما تَنَقَّيَّتَ فَحلاً جَدُّهُ مَطَرُ
2. By God, you missed fine steeds that you kept
You wasted them, though they were marked for glory and nobility
٢. لِلَّهِ دَرُّ جِيادٍ كُنتَ سائِسَها
ضَيَّعتَها وَبِها التَحجيلُ وَالغُرَرُ
3. I told Khaulah, who said the day you married her:
Long have I awaited from you the shame that I endure
٣. نُبِّئتُ خَولَةَ قالَت يَومَ أَنكَحها
قَد طالَ ما كُنتُ مِنكَ العارَ أَنتَظِرُ