تَداركَ حُزنٌ بِالقَنا آلَ عامِرٍ

قَفا حُضُنٍ وَالكَرُّ بِالخَيلِ أَعسَرُ

The sorrow of Āl ʿĀmir was alleviated at Qanāt

With stout thighs and the attack with horses more difficult

فَإِنّي بِذا الجارِ الخَفاجِيِّ واثِقٌ

وَقَلبي مِنَ الجارِ العِبادِيِّ أَوجَرُ

For I am confident in this lowborn neighbor

While my heart is warier of the noble neighbor

إِذا ما عُقَيلِيٌّ أَقامَ بِذِمَّةٍ

شَريكَينِ فيها فَالعِبادِيُّ أَوجَرُ

Whenever a ʿUqaylī takes protection

With two partners in it, the nobler is more treacherous

لَعَمري لَقَد خارَت خَفاجَةُ عامِراً

كَما خَيرُ بَيتٍ بِالعِراقِ المُشَقَّرُ

By my life, Khafājah has certainly deserted ʿĀmir

As Khayr's house in Iraq is the most wretched

وَإِنَّكَ لَو تُعطي العِبادِيَّ مَشقَصاً

لَراشى كَما راشى عَلى الطَبعِ أَبخَرُ

And truly if you give the nobleman a whip

He would act rashly as he is by nature most insolent