1. لَعَمري لَئِن قَلَّ الحَصى في بُيوتِكُم

    بَني نَهشَلٍ ما لُؤمُكُم بِقَليلِ

    By my life, though the pebbles in your houses are few,

    sons of Nahshal, your baseness is not slight.

  2. وَإِن كُنتُمُ نَوكى فَما أُمَّهاتُكُم

    بِزُهرٍ وَما آباأُكُم بِفُحولِ

    And if you are fools, your mothers are not

    fair, nor are your fathers stallions.

  3. أَثَورَ اِبنَ ثَورٍ إِنَّني قَد وَجَدتُكُم

    عَبيدَ العَصا مِن مُسبَعٍ وَنَقيلِ

    O Thawr, son of Thawr, I have indeed found you

    slaves of the rod—baseborn men and outsiders.

  4. فَصَبراً أَخا حَجناءَ إِنَّكَ ذايِقٌ

    كَما ذاقَ مِنّا قَبلَكَ اِبنُ وَثيلِ

    So be patient, brother of Hajnaʾ: you shall taste it,

    as Ibn Wathil tasted it from us before you.

  5. وَحَقٌّ لِمَن أَمسَت رُمَيلَةُ أُمَّهُ

    يَسُدُّ عَلَيهِ اللُؤمُ كُلَّ سَبيلِ

    And it is fitting for one whose mother is Rumaylah

    that baseness should bar his every path.