جَدَعتُ رياحا بِالقَصائِدِ بَعدَما

جَدَعتُ رياحا بِالقَصائِدِ بَعدَما

وَطِئتُ جَريرا وَطأَةَ المُتَثاقِلِ

وَطِئتُ جَريرا وَطأَةَ المُتَثاقِلِ

I cut off Riyah’s nose with poems, after

I composed winds with poems after

I had trodden on Jarir with a heavy-footed tread.

I trod Jaareer with the gait of one heavy laden,

فَإِن يُخزِ يَربوعا فِعالُ حَديثِهِم

فَإِن يُخزِ يَربوعا فِعالُ حَديثِهِم

فَقَد كانَ أَخزاهُمُ تُراثُ الأَوائِلِ

فَقَد كانَ أَخزاهُمُ تُراثُ الأَوائِلِ

For if the deeds of their present generation disgrace Yarbuʿ,

So if the talk of them abases Yaarboo',

then their forebears’ legacy had already disgraced them.

Then their heritage had abased them aforetime.

إِذا ما ابنُ يَربوعيَّةٍ طَرَّقَت بِهِ

إِذا ما ابنُ يَربوعيَّةٍ طَرَّقَت بِهِ

فَقَد طَرَّقَت بِاللُؤمِ بَينَ القَوابِلِ

فَقَد طَرَّقَت بِاللُؤمِ بَينَ القَوابِلِ

Whenever a woman of Yarbuʿ gives birth to a son,

When the son of Yaarboo'iyah is hit with decay,

then she has indeed given birth to baseness among the midwives.

Then decay has hit the ignoble among the generations.

تَرى بَظرَها بَينَ القَوابِلِ كامِلا

تَرى بَظرَها بَينَ القَوابِلِ كامِلا

ذِراعا وَشِبرا وَابنَها غَيرَ كامِلِ

ذِراعا وَشِبرا وَابنَها غَيرَ كامِلِ

You see her clitoris among the midwives, a full

You see its vulva between the generations perfect,

cubit and a handspan long, while her son is incomplete.

A cubit and a span while her son is imperfect.