لَعَنَ اللهُ وَلاَ يَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ

سَاكِنِي الْكُوفَةَ مِنْ حَيَّيْ مُضَرْ

May God curse them and never forgive them—

the people of Kufa, from Mudar’s two clans,

وَالْيَمَانِينَ فَلاَ يَجْعَلْ بِهِمْ

فَهُمُ مِنْ شَرّ مَنْ فَوْقَ الْغُبَرْ

and the Yemenis—may He make nothing of them;

for they are among the worst of all who dwell above the dust.

جَلَدُونِي ثُمَّ قَالُوا قَدَرٌ

قَدَرَ اللهُ لَهُمْ سُوءَ الْقَدَرْ

They flogged me, then said, “It was decreed.”

May God decree for them an evil fate.