غَصَبتَ عِجلاً عَلى فَرجَينِ في سَنَةٍ

غَصَبتَ عِجلاً عَلى فَرجَينِ في سَنَةٍ

أَفسَدتَهُم ثُمَّ ما أَصلَحتَ مِن نَسَبِك

أَفسَدتَهُم ثُمَّ ما أَصلَحتَ مِن نَسَبِك

You coerced ʿIjl into yielding two vulvas in one year.

You hastily married two clans in a year,

You ruined them, yet did not improve your lineage at all.

Then ruined them without mending your lineage,

وَلَو خَطَبتَ إِلى طَوقٍ وَأُسرَتِهِ

وَلَو خَطَبتَ إِلى طَوقٍ وَأُسرَتِهِ

فَزَوَّجوكَ لِما زادوكَ في حَسَبِك

فَزَوَّجوكَ لِما زادوكَ في حَسَبِك

And even if you sought a bride from Ṭawq and his family,

Had you proposed to a clan and their family,

and they gave you one, they would not enhance your ancestral standing.

They would have married you despite your low birth,

نِك مَن هَويتَ وَنَل ما شِئتَ مِن نَسَبٍ

نِك مَن هَويتَ وَنَل ما شِئتَ مِن نَسَبٍ

أَنتَ اِبنُ زِريابَ مَنسوباً إِلى نَشَبِك

أَنتَ اِبنُ زِريابَ مَنسوباً إِلى نَشَبِك

Fuck whomever you desire, and gain whatever lineage you wish.

You are who you desire, attaining the lineage you want,

You are Ziryāb’s son, your lineage traced to your wealth.

You are the son of Ziriab, tracing your origin to dung beetles,

إِن كانَ قَومٌ أَرادَ اللَهُ خِزيَهُم

إِن كانَ قَومٌ أَرادَ اللَهُ خِزيَهُم

فَزَوَّجوكَ اِرتِغاباً مِنكَ في ذَهَبِك

فَزَوَّجوكَ اِرتِغاباً مِنكَ في ذَهَبِك

If there were people whom God wished to disgrace,

If a people God wanted humiliated,

and they gave you a bride, coveting your gold,

Married you out of greed for your gold,

فَذاكَ يوجِبُ أَنَّ النَبعَ تَجمَعُهُ

فَذاكَ يوجِبُ أَنَّ النَبعَ تَجمَعُهُ

إِلى خِلافِكَ في العيدانِ أَو غَرَبَك

إِلى خِلافِكَ في العيدانِ أَو غَرَبَك

that, then, means you join the nabʿ bow-wood

That would necessitate the springs to gather,

to your willow or gharab-willow among the wooden rods.

In opposition to you, in the tent pegs or the West,

وَلَو سَكَتَّ وَلَم تَخطُب إِلى عَرَبٍ

وَلَو سَكَتَّ وَلَم تَخطُب إِلى عَرَبٍ

لَما نَبَستَ الَّذي تَطويهِ مِن سَبَبِك

لَما نَبَستَ الَّذي تَطويهِ مِن سَبَبِك

And had you kept silent and not sought a bride from Arabs,

If you had stayed silent and not proposed to the Arabs,

you would not have voiced what you conceal of your ancestry.

You would not have tied what you now conceal of your cause,

عُدَّ البُيوتَ الَّتي تَرضى بِخُطبَتِها

عُدَّ البُيوتَ الَّتي تَرضى بِخُطبَتِها

تَجِد فَزارَةً العُكلِيَّ مِن عَرَبِك

تَجِد فَزارَةً العُكلِيَّ مِن عَرَبِك

Count the houses you are content to seek brides from:

Consider the houses pleased with your proposal,

you will find Fazāra al-ʿUklī among your Arabs.

And you will find the lowliness of Ukaili among your Arabs.