قُل لِاِبنِ سَيِّدَةٍ وَإِن أَضحى لَهُ

قُل لِاِبنِ سَيِّدَةٍ وَإِن أَضحى لَهُ

خَوَلٌ تُدِلُّ بِكَثرَةٍ وَخُيولُ

خَوَلٌ تُدِلُّ بِكَثرَةٍ وَخُيولُ

Tell Ibn Sayyida, though he now has

Tell the son of a lady that though he possesses

retainers who boast of their numbers, and horses:

Many horses that show his wealth and nobility

ما أَنتَ إِلّا كَالعُقابِ فَأُمُّهُ

ما أَنتَ إِلّا كَالعُقابِ فَأُمُّهُ

مَعروفَةٌ وَلَهُ أَبٌ مَجهولُ

مَعروفَةٌ وَلَهُ أَبٌ مَجهولُ

You are just like the eagle, for its mother

He is but like a vulture whose mother is known

is known, while its father is unknown.

Yet his father remains always unknown