فَلَمْ أهْجُكُمْ إلاَّ لأنَّي حَسِبْتُكُمْ

كَرَهْطِ ابنِ بَدْرِ أو كَرَهْطِ ابنِ مَعْبَدِ

I did not blame you except because I thought you were

Like the companions of the son of Badr or the companions of the son of Ma'bad

فَلَمَّا سَألْتَ النَّاسِ عَنْكُمْ وَجَدْتُكُمْ

بَرَاذِينَ شُقْراً أُرْبِطَتْ حَوْلَ مِذْوَدِ

But when I asked people about you, I found you

Mangy hyenas, tied around a skinning post

فأنْتُمْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ أكْفَاء مِثْلَنَا

فَأبْعِدْ بِكُمْ عَمَّا هَنَالِكَ أبْعِدِ

You are the equal of the carpenters, sons of carpenters

So stay far away from us, very far away

فإنْ شِئْتُمُ فاخَرتُمُ عَنْ أبيكُم

إلى مَنْ أردتُمْ مِنْ تَهَامٍ وَمُنْجِدِ

If you wish, denounce your father

To whoever you want, Taham or Munjid

وَمَا كُنْتُ أدرِيَ ما حُسَامٌ وَمَا ابْنُهُ

وَلاَ أم ذاكَ الْيَثْرَبِيّ المُوَلَّدِ

I did not know who Husam was or who his son was

Nor did I know that Madinan of unknown birth

فَلَمَّا أتَانِي ما يَقُولُ وَدُونَهُ

مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ لِلْبَرِيدِ المُبَرَّدِ

But when his words came to me, needing

A month's journey for the mail carrier

سَمَوْتُ لَهُ بِالمَجْدِ حَتَّى رَدَدْتُه

إلى نَسَبٍ فَاءٍ عَنِ المَجْدِ مُقْعَدِ

I named him with glory until I repelled him

To a lineage lacking glory, made to sit