إِذا سِرتَ في عِجلٍ فَسِر في صَحابَةٍ

وَكِندَةَ فَاِحذَرها حِذارَكَ لِلخَسفِ

When you travel in haste, travel with companions,

And beware of malice, beware as of a pit.

وَفي شيعَةِ الأَعمى خُناقٌ وَغيلَةٌ

وَقَشبٌ وَإِعمالٌ لِجَندَلَةِ القَذفِ

In the party of the blind are choking, deceit,

Dry twigs, and working with the sling of casting.

وَكُلُّهُم شَرٌّ عَلى أَنَّ رَأسَهُم

حُمَيدَةُ وَالمَيلاءُ حاضِنَةُ الكِسفِ

All of them are evil, though at their head

Are Humayda and al-Meyla, nurse of hidden evil.

مَتى كُنتُ حَيَّي بَجيلَةَ فَاِستَمِع

فَإِنَّ لَها قَصفاً يَدَلُّ عَلى حَتفِ

Whenever you are at Bujayla, listen,

For it has a shore that points to destruction.

إِذا اِعتَزَموا يَوماً عَلى قَتلِ زائِرٍ

تَداعَو عَلَيهِ بِالنُباحِ وِبِالعَزفِ

Whenever they decide to kill a visitor

They call each other with barking and with whistling.