أَزِيادُ إِنَّكَ وَالَّذي أَنا عَبدُهُ

ما دونَ آدَمَ مِن أَبٍ لكَ يُعلَمُ

Oh Ziyad, I swear by Him whom I worship

That beyond Adam no known father you can claim

فَالحَقْ بِأَرضِكِ يا زِيادُ وَلا تَرُم

ما لا تُطيقُ وَأَنتَ عِلجٌ أَعجَم

So keep to your lands, Ziyad, do not overreach

What you cannot manage, you who are a foreign barbarian

أَظَنَنتَ لُؤمَكَ يا زِيادُ يَسُدُّهُ

قَوسٌ سَتَرتَ بِها قَفاكَ وَأَسهُمُ

You thought, Ziyad, that your shame could be covered

By the bows that shielded your neck and arrows

عِلجٌ تَعَصَّبَ ثُمَّ راقَ بِقَوسِهِ

وَالعِلجُ تَعرِفُهُ إِذا يَتَعَمَّمُ

A foreigner who was zealous but his bow soon cracked

And you can recognize a foreigner when he veils himself

أَلقِ العصابَةَ يا زِيادُ فَإِنَّما

أَخزاكَ رَبّي إِذ غَدَوتَ تَرَنَّمُ

Cast off your headcloth, Ziyad, for my Lord has degraded you

When you began to act pretentiously

واِعلَم بِأَنَّكَ لِستَ مِنّي ناجِياً

إِلّا وَأَنتَ بِبَظرِ أُمِّكَ مُلجَمُ

And know that you will not escape from me

Unless you are back inside your mother's womb concealed

تَهجو الكِرامَ وَأَنتَ أَلأَمُ مَن مَشى

حَسَباً وَأَنتَ العِلجُ حينَ تَكَلَّمُ

You insult honorable men yet you are more vile than one who walks

That is enough, while you are the foreigner when you speak

وَلَقَد سَأَلتُ بَني نِزارٍ كُلّهُم

وَالعالِمينَ مِنَ الكُهولِ فَأَقسَموا

I asked all the Bani Nizar and the learned elders

And they swore by God that among all the tribes

بِاللَهِ ما لَكَ في مَعَدٍّ كُلِّها

حَسَبٌ وَإِنَّكَ يا زِيادُ مُوَذَّمُ

You have no origin, and you, Ziyad, are damned