1. I bear witness that Zayd's wives
Are lost property to Ibn Uqail

2. I have tested the Zayds, and amongst their elders
There is neither sweetness nor purity among the young

3. So inform the Zayds and say to their elite
Even if there are no respected elite among them

4. Woe to their mother! My poems
Are thunderbolts, some supportive, some destructive

5. They are extremely ignoble, fearing no baseness
Preferring neither good nor the preference of good

6. They count the children of adultery among their number
So their number among the people is greater

7. When they saw one whose habit was like theirs
They circled around him, and the wicked are kin to the wicked

8. If they were to abandon the depravity that is in them
Their mother would not recognize them when she looked

9. They took pride in attaching themselves to me one evening
So I said: take pride if there is pride in villainy

10. They want my visits, and without meeting me
The lanterns of the gates of heaven bloom

11. So say about the Zayds what Mu'arib said
The bleeding cups of the cupper will be shattered tomorrow