أَلا أَبلِغ عُوَيمِرَ عَن زِيادٍ

فَإِنَّ مَظِنَّةَ الجَهلِ الشَبابُ

Should I not tell ‘Uwaimir about Ziyad,

For youth is the abode of ignorant conceit,

فَإِنَّكَ سَوفَ تَحلُمُ أَو تَناهى

إِذا ما شِبتَ أَو شابَ الغُرابُ

You will become wise when you grow up,

Or the crow’s feathers whiten with age,

فَكُن كَأَبيكَ أَو كَأَبي بَراءٍ

تُوافِقكَ الحُكومَةُ وَالصَوابُ

Be like your father or like Abi Bara’,

Then propriety and wisdom will suit you,

وَلا تَذهَب بِحِلمِكَ هافِياتٌ

مِنَ الخُيَلاءِ لَيسَ لَهُنَّ بابُ

Let not your patience be carried away,

By vanity which has no door,

فَإِن يَكُ رَبُّ أَذوادٍ بِحِسمى

أَصابوا في لِقائِكَ ما أَصابوا

If the Lord of the troops of the Thowr,

Met you they got what they came across,

فَما إِن كانَ مِن نَسَبٍ بَعيدٍ

وَلَكِن أَدرَكوكَ وَهُم غِضابُ

It was not because of distant lineage,

But they came upon you while still angry,

فَوارِسُ مِن مَنولَةَ غَيرُ ميلٍ

وَمُرَّةُ فَوقَ جَمعِهِمِ العُقابُ

So beware of a camp not your own,

And a flock of eagles over their gathering.