1. Your plagiarizing my poems, O Jarir,
Is like claiming a father other than your own.

2. The son of Maragha claims that he’s from Darim,
While a slave takes after a lineage not his own.

3. Nobility is not gained through your bees that suckle
Until they return to the diseased 'Atiyah.

4. You claimed to accept what was built for you,
So be patient - you cannot change your father.

5. If you desire other than your father, you may go back
A slave to him, as if your nose was cropped.

6. I reckon by your running that your mother
Was none but the vilest of adulteresses.

7. May God disfigure the belly that carried you
And from which you emerged and was your cradle!

8.
If you cry over Ummamah then listen

9. To words both general and specific.
You asked me of my love - what is with it?

10. Ask about my news, not what you ask!
Baseness prevents you all from loving.

11. And my honor prevents my loves from being shared.
God has affirmed it, and honor that does not

12. Weaken, while your father does not change.
My mountain is nobler if wars are stripped away

13. Than what your father and mother built and excelled in.
I have risen above you lofty and proud

14. Above the tribe of Kalib in might.
Why not ask the tribe of Gudanah what they saw

15. Of the she-ass turning to your tent pole?
The she-ass broke your thigh bone - so it is a witness