لا ترجُ مني يابنَ سعد هوادةً

ولا صحبةً ما أرزمَت أمّ حائل

Do not expect tenderness from me, son of Saad,

Nor companionship, for no mother raised a barrier.

أعند الأمير ابن الأمير تعيبني

وأنت ابن عمرو مضحك في القبائل

Does the prince, son of a prince, find fault with me?

While you, son of Amr, are a laughingstock among the tribes.

ولو غيرنا يا سعد رمت حريمه

بخسفٍ لقد غودرت لحقا لاكل

Had it been another than us, O Saad, who cast away his womenfolk

To abyss, he would have been wronged indeed, had he but known.

فشالت بك العنقاءُ أو صرت لحمة

لأغبس عواء العشيات عاسلِ

So the slender-necked one let you down, or you became a morsel

For the howling dog of eve, a castle abandoned.