وانمار وإن رغِمت أنوفٌ

وانمار وإن رغِمت أنوفٌ

معديو العمومة والخؤولِ

معديو العمومة والخؤولِ

And Anmār, though noses be rubbed in dust,

Though he refused,

are Maʿaddites in both paternal and maternal kinship.

the generality deceivers and simpletons,

وعمرو بن الخُثارم كان طبا

وعمرو بن الخُثارم كان طبا

بنسبتهم وتصديقاً لقيلي

بنسبتهم وتصديقاً لقيلي

And ʿAmr ibn al-Khuthārim was an expert

Amr ibn al-Kuthayyir was good

in their lineage, corroborating my words.

in their lineage and my words he believed,

وليس ابن الخُثارم كان طبا

وليس ابن الخُثارم كان طبا

بمقصي المحلِّ ولا دخيلِ

بمقصي المحلِّ ولا دخيلِ

And Ibn al-Khuthārim, expert as he was, was not

And not because ibn al-Kuthayyir was good

of remote abode, nor an outsider.

in his land or an outsider,

لهم لغة تبيَّنُ من أبوهم

لهم لغة تبيَّنُ من أبوهم

مع الغرر الشوادخ والحُجُولِ

مع الغرر الشوادخ والحُجُولِ

They have a tongue that reveals who their father is,

They have a language that shows their father

along with broad white forehead-blazes and white leg-markings.

along with the outstanding and ignorant.