أَتَشتُمُ أَزدَ القَريَتَينِ وَطَيِّئاً

لَقَد رُمتَ أَمراً كاَ غَيرَ مَرومِ

You insult Azd and the two tribes of Tay

You have embarked on something never attempted before

وَإِن تَهجُ عُليا طَيِّئٍ تَلقَ طَيِّئاً

إِلَيها تَناهى نَعتُ كُلَّ كَريمِ

And if you revile the eminent Uliyy of Tayy

To them this reputation reaches every generous man

بِهِم مَثَلُ الناسِ الَّذي تَعرِفونَهُ

وَأَهلِ الوَفاءِ مِن حادِثٍ وَقَديمِ

In them is the example of people you know

And the people of loyalty, old and new

وَأَنتَ عَلى الجيرانِ قُنفُذُ تَلعَةٍ

أَزومٌ عَلى السَوءاتِ وَاِبنُ أَزومِ

While you are to the neighbors a pesky weasel

Accursed in evil, and son of accursed

إِذا خافَ وارى أَنفَهُ مِن عَدُوِّهِ

وَإِن لَم يَخَفهُ باتَ غَيرَ نَؤومِ

When he fears, he hides his snout from his enemies

And if he does not fear them, he spends the night restless

لَنا اليَمَنُ الخَضراءُ وَالشَرقُ كُلُّهُ

وَأَحساءُ أُبلى يا اِبنَ قَينِ تَميمِ

For us is verdant Yemen and all of the East

And fertile Ahsa, O son of Qain of Tamim

لَنا مَعقِلا نَجدٍ عَلى الناسِ كُلِّهِم

وَنَحنُ بِنَجدٍ حِرزُ كُلِّ مَضيمِ

For us is the fortress of Najd over all people

And we in Najd are the refuge of all the oppressed

تُضَيِّعُ عُقرَ الجِعثِنِ اِبنَةِ غالِبٍ

وَتَبكي لِقَتلى مَنقَرٍ وَصَريمِ

You squander the sanctuary of the daughter of Ghalib

And cry for the dead of Manqar and Sarim

وَتَبكي عَلى أَصحابِ لَيلَةِ جِعثِنٍ

بُكاءَ اِمرِئٍ لِلمُخزِياتِ رَؤومِ

And cry for the companions of the night of Jithn

The crying of a man grieving over disgraces

وَما أَنتَ إِن قَرما أُمَيَّةَ أَجهَدا

نُجوماً مِنَ الأَزدَينِ بَعدَ نُجومِ

You are not, if Qurma exhausts Umayya

Stars of the two Azds after the stars

بِذي العَرشِ نالَتهُم أُمَيَّةُ بَعدَما

مَنَحتُم رِماحَ الأَزدِ كُلَّ حَريمِ

By the Owner of the Throne, Umayya took them after

You gave the spears of Azd every inviolable thing

أَبَعدَ غَداةِ الأَزدِ تَطمَعُ أَن تَرى

لِقَومِكَ يَوماً ثَمَّ غَيرَ ذِميمِ

Do you hope after the morning of Azd to see

For your people a day, then other than disgraceful?

فَإِن لا تَمُت حَتّى تَحُكَّ عَصاعِصاً

نَدِن مِثلَها في عُقرِ دارِ تَميمِ

If you do not die until you rub sticks together

We will rub the likes of them in the homes of Tamim

وَقَد أَلجَأَتكَ الأَزدُ يَومَ لَقيتَها

إِلى حَسَبٍ يا اِبنَ القُيونِ لَئيمِ

And Azd made you take refuge, the day you met them

To a lineage, O son of mean hyenas

فَإِن تَميمِيّاً يُسامي بِقَومِهِ

جَماجِمَ مِن قَحطانَ غَيرُ حَليمِ

If a Tamimi prides himself on his people

Heads of those from Qahtan, other than forbearing

وَلَو نَفَحَتكُم ريحُ قَحطانَ نَفحَةً

بِنَكباءَ عَن وَجهِ الرِياحِ عَقيمِ

And if the wind of Qahtan blew on you a gust

With necks turned away from the face of barren winds

لَقُلتَ أَلا يا لَيتَ سَعداً وَمالِكاً

قَذىً بِاِستِ شَيطانٍ أَصَمَّ رَجيمِ

You would say, oh if only Sa’d and Malik

Were foreskins cut by the hand of a deaf accursed devil

أَغَضَّت عَلَيكَ الشامَ قَحطانُ بِالقَنا

بِأَقطارِها عَن ظاعِنٍ وَمُقيمِ

Qahtan veiled Sham from you with the spear

In its regions, resident and transient

فَإِن تَكُ خَيرَ اِبنَي مَناةَ كِلَيهِماً

فَأَلأَمُ أَهلِ الأَرضِ خَيرُ تَميمِ

If you are the best of the two sons of Manah, both wretched

Then I am the finest of people, the best of Tamim