كَذَبتُ عَلَيكُم أَوعِدوني وَعَلِّلوا

بِيَ الأَرضَ وَالأَقوامَ قِردانَ مَوظَبا

I have lied to you, so promise me and justify me

To the land and the people like tamed apes

فَإِنّي دَليلٌ غَيرُ مُعطىً إِتاوَةً

عَلى نَعَمٍ تَرعى حَوالاً وَأَجرَبا

For I am an unrewarded guide

To bounties that graze the land and hillsides

لَعَمرُ الَّتي جاءَت بِكُم مِن شَفَلَّحٍ

لَدى نَسَيَيها سابِغِ الإِسبِ أَهلَبا

By the life of her who brought you from Shaffalah

At the forgotten place of abundant hair and stripped garments

أَزَبَّ جُداعِيَّ كَأَنَّ عَلى اِستِها

أَغانِيَّ خَرفٍ شارِبَينَ بِيَثرِبا

The howls of my hungry one were like

Songs of a drunkard drinking in Yathrib

أُسالِمُكُم حَتّى يَجُلنَ عَلَيكُمُ

وَأُعطيكُمُ إِلّا حِجارَةَ تَصلُبا

I will make you Muslim until you submit to me

And I will give you nothing but crucifying stones

لَهُم حَبَقٌ وَالسودُ بَيني وَبَينَهُم

يَدَيَّ بِكُم وَالعادِياتِ المُحَصَّبا

They have confusion and the blacks are between me and them

My hands against you and the charging, mobilized ones

إِذا مِقنَبٌ مِنكُم تَقَيَّلَ قَبلَةً

ثَنى رِجلَهُ الأُخرى عَلَيَّ فَشَبَّبا

When one of you turns away from prayer

He bends his other leg over me and becomes crippled