أَتَيتُكَ خالاً وَاِبنَ عَمٍّ وَعَمَّةٍ

وَلَم أَكُ شَعباً لاطَهُ بِكَ مِشعَبُ

I came to you as a maternal uncle and a cousin,

And I was not a people whose lineage intertwined with yours.

فَصِل واشِجاتٍ بَينَنا مِن قَرابَةٍ

أَلا صِلَةُ الأَرحامِ أَبقى وَأَقرَبُ

So renew family ties between us that kinship has severed,

For maintaining family bonds is best and closest.

وَلا تَجعَلَنّي كَاِمرِئٍ لَيسَ بَينَهُ

وَبَينَكُمُ قُربى وَلا مُتَنَسَّبُ

And do not make me like one who has no kinship with you,

Nor ancestry connecting us.

أَتَحدِبُ مِن دونِ العَشيرَةِ كُلِّها

فَأَنتَ عَلى مَولاكَ أَحنى وَأَحدَبُ

I gaze longingly at the whole tribe,

So you lean towards your Master, most bent over and hunched.