1. Gather your belongings, O Yazid, for I
Have prepared a mount and supplies for you all,
١. جَمِّع مِحاشَكَ يا يَزيدُ فَإِنَّني
أَعدَدتُ يَربوعاً لَكُم وَتَميما
2. And I have traced my lineage which you reproached me for,
And you, O Yazid, have forsaken your own ignoble roots.
٢. وَلَحِقتُ بِالنَسَبِ الَّذي عَيَّرتَني
وَتَرَكتَ أَصلَكَ يا يَزيدُ ذَميما
3. You reproached me for the lineage of nobility, yet
The pride of all prides is to be counted as noble.
٣. عَيَّرتَني نَسَبَ الكِرامِ وَإِنَّما
فَخرُ المَفاخِرِ أَن يُعَدَّ كَريما
4. The bellies of spite toward me have all protruded,
Whether my oppressor among them or my oppressed.
٤. حَدِبَت عَلَيَّ بُطونُ ضِنَّةَ كُلِّها
إِن ظالِماً فيهِم وَإِن مَظلوما
5. Were it not for the clan of Awf, son of Buhayshah
The mother of your clan would have remained barren.
٥. لَولا بَنو عَوفِ اِبنِ بُهشَةَ أَصبَحَت
بِالنَعفِ أُمُّ بَني أَبيكَ عَقيما