1. By your life! I did not fear for Yazid
From the misguided boasting that came to me

2. As if the crown was tightly wrapped around him
For lambs struck with wolf's teeth

3. It is enough for you to give measured judgments
Through which poetry flows on my tongue

4. Before you, I was insulted and they antagonized me
But the words did not diminish me nor make me sad

5. The critic turns away from me
Like a young camel turns away from an old fiery stallion

6. You aroused mischief then removed yourself from it
Like a calf turns away from the she-camel returning from water

7. If Abu Qubays can have power over you
You will be dragged through life in humiliation

8. And a beard that betrayed and deceived
Will be dyed red with the blood of the slain from the stomach's interior

9. You were his trustee had you not betrayed him
But there is no loyalty for the treacherous