قُلْ لابن عبّاسٍ سمِّي محمدٍ

لا تعطينّ بني عديٍّ دِرهما

Tell Ibn Abbas, name Muhammad's

Do not give the sons of Adi a dirham

احرِمْ بني تيم بن مرّةَ إنّهم

شرُّ البَريَّةِ آخراً ومُقدَّما

Deprive the sons of Taim ibn Murrah, they are

The worst of creatures, the last and the first

إن تعطهم لا يَشكروا لكَ نعمةً

ويكافئوك بأنْ تُذمَّ وتُشتَما

If you give them, they will not thank you for a blessing

And they will reward you by blaming and insulting you

وإن ائتمنتهمُ أو استعملتهمْ

خانوك واتّخذوا خَراجَكَ مَغنما

And if you entrust them or employ them

They will betray you and take your taxes as spoils

ولئن منعتهمُ لقد بَدأوكمُ

بالمنعِ إذ مَلكوا وكانوا أَظلما

And if you deprive them, they have already started with you

With deprivation when they ruled and were more unjust

مَنعوا تُراثَ محمدٍ أعمامَهُ

وابنَيه وابنَتَه عديلةَ مَريما

They deprived the inheritance of Muhammad his uncles

And his two sons and his daughter Umm Kulthum

وتأَمَّروا من غير أن يُستَخلَفوا

وكفَى بما فعلوا هنالكَ مأَْتَما

And they took power without being appointed

And what they did there was enough misfortune

لم يشكروا لمحمدٍ إنعامَهُ

أفيشكرونَ لغيرِهِ إن أنعما

They did not thank Muhammad for his favors

Will they thank others if they are gracious?

والله منَّ عليهم بمحمدٍ

وهداهمُ وكسا الجُنوبَ وأطعَما

And God favored them through Muhammad

And guided them, clothed the bare, and fed

ثمّ انبروا لوصيّه وولِيِّهِ

بالمُنْكَراتِ فجرَّعوهُ العَلْقَما

Then they turned against his successor and guardian

With abominations, so they made him drink bitter poison