أَتَشتُمُ أَقواماً أَجاروا نِساءَكُم
وَأَنتَ ابنَ يَربوعٍ عَلى الضَيمِ وارِكُ
You insult a people who protected your women,
While you are the son of Yarbou', blamed for tyranny.
أَجَرنا ابنَ يَربوعٍ مِنَ الضَيمِ بَعدَما
سقتكم بِكأسِ الذُلِ وَالضَيمِ مالِكُ
We protected the son of Yarbou' from tyranny, after
You made them drink a cup of humiliation and tyranny.
غَداةَ أَرادَت مالِكٌ أَن نُحِلَّكُم
عَلى الخَسفِ ما هَبَّ الرياحُ السَواهِكُ
The next morning, Malik wanted to make you
Collapse into the abyss, but the gusting winds saved you.
فَعُذتُم بِأَحواءِ الرِبابِ وَأَنتُمُ
كَفَقعِ التَناهي اِستَدرَجتُهُ السَنابِكُ
So you sought refuge among the tents, while you
Were like prey lured in by traps.
وَبِالعَرضِ إِذ جاءَت جُموعٌ تَجَمَّعَت
بِسَجحَة قادَتها الظُنونُ الهَوالِكُ
When crowds gathered in Sajjah, led
By delusions that lead to ruin.
تَرَكناهُمُ صَرعى كأن ظُهورَهُم
عَلَيها مِنَ الطَعنِ العَبيطِ الدَرانِكُ
We left them slain, their backs
Stabbed by fierce, relentless spears.
فَذُدنا وَأَرهبنا أَخاكُم فَأَصبَحَت
لَكُم مِنهُم أَيدٍ وَأَيدٍ شَوابِكُ
We defended and terrified your brother, so their
Arms and hands became spoils for you.
كَما قَد نَبا عَن مالِكٍ جُلُّ جَمعِكُم
بِسَهلِ الحِمى وَالهضبِ طَعنٌ مُدارِكُ
As was foretold about Malik by all your gathering
In Sahl al-Hima, a deadly stabbing attack.
فَكَيفَ يَسُبُّ التيمَ مِن قَد أَجارَهُ
فَوارِسُ تَيمٍ والرِماحُ الشَوابِكُ
So how can Taim insult those who protected him?
The horsemen of Taim and their piercing spears.
يُصَدِّقُ دَفعَ التيم عَنكُم إِذا اِنتَموا
إِلى المَجدِ غاراتُ الكُلابِ المَسايكُ
They know Taim defended you when you
Joined the glory, despite the biting hounds.
نَمتنىَ شُمُّ لِلذُؤابَةِ وَالذُرى
وَلي مِن تَميمٍ رَأسُها وَالحَوارِكُ
I wish to smell Dhu'aba and Dhurra,
For I have the best of Taim, their leader.
هُناكَ ابنُ تَيمٍ واسِطُ الأَصلِ فيهُمُ
وَأَنتَ ابنَ يَربوعٍ بَديلٌ مُتارِكُ
There is the son of Taim, their prime origin,
While you are the son of Yarbou', who abandons.
وَيَومَ إِرابَ السَهلِ يَومَ اِستَبتكُمُ
عَلاكُم بَني اليَربوعِ وَردٌ مَواشِكُ
On the day of Irab in the valley, when you were
Defeated, the Yarbou' were pushed back.
بَنو تَغلِبَ الغَلباءِ راحَت عَشيَّةً
بِنسوَتكم لَم تَحمِهنَ النيازِكُ
The victorious Taghlib went one evening
With your women, whom no veils protected.
وَمِن هَرَميٍّ قَد تَغَشَّت خَزايَةً
وُجوهُكُم ما دامَ لِلشِّعرِ حايكُ
The Harimiyyun wore your faces as masks
As long as poetry had a weaver.
وَأَسَلمتُمُ سُفيانَ لِلقَومِ عَنوَةً
وَلَو لَحِقَ المُستَصرَخاتُ اللَوائِكُ
You surrendered Sufyan by force to the people,
Despite the cries for help from the suffering women.
وَبالعَكِن الكَلبي أَخزى نِساءَكُم
غَداةَ تُنادي البيضَ مِنها الفَوارِكُ
In Al-'Akk, the Kalbi humiliated your women
The next day, as the abandoned ones cried for help.
سَليطاً بِأَن تَستَنزلوهُنَّ بَعدَما
جَرى وَلهاً مِنها الدُموعُ السَوافِكُ
Unrestrained, so that after their tears flowed
They brought them down from their litters.
وَعَمرو بنُ عَمرٍو قادَكُم فاِشكُروا لَهُ
بِذي نَجَبٍ وَالقَومُ كابٍ وَبارِكُ
And 'Amr bin 'Amr led you, so thank him
In Dhi Najb, while the people plot and scheme.
بِذي نَجَبٍ لَو لَم تَذُد مِن وَرائِكُم
بَنو مالِكٍ غالتكَ ثَمَّ العَوائِكُ
In Dhi Najb, if the Malik clan had not pushed
From behind you, your condition would be ruin.
فَأَسلَمتُمُ فُرسانَ سَعدٍ وَقَد تُرى
بِدارِكُم المُستَردَفاتُ الهَوالِكُ
You surrendered the horsemen of Sa'd, and you can see
In your homes the miserable, suffering women.
وَيَومَ عَلَت لِلحَوفزانِ كَتيبَةٌ
جَدودَ لَكُم مِن نَحوِ حَجرٍ مَسالِكُ
On the day a battalion ascended for Haufazan,
Ancestors of yours from near Hajar set out.
وَيَومَ بَحيرٍ أَنتُمُ شَرُ عُصبَةٍ
عَضاريطُ لَولا المازِنيُّ المعارِكُ
You were the worst of tribes on the day of Buhayr,
Rabble, if not for the Muzayni, skilled in battle.
وَيومَ بَني عَبسٍ بِشَرجٍ تَشاهَدَت
عَلى قَتلِهِ أَعلامُكُم وَالدَكادِكُ
On the day of Banu 'Abs in Sharj, your banners
Were united to kill him, and the spears.
وَعَبقَرُ إِذ تَدعوكُمُ جَلَّلَتكُمُ
مِنَ الخِزي ثَوبَ الحائِضاتِ العَوارِكِ
'Abqar, when she summoned you, disgraced
Your dignity with the clothes of menstruating women.
سَتَمسَحُ يَربوعٌ سِبالاً لَئيمَةً
بِها مِن مَنيِّ العَبدِ أَسوَدُ حالِكُ
Yarbou' will wipe his vile loins
Blackened by the semen of slaves.
