يا عائِبَ الأَعرابِ من جَهلِهِ

لِأَكلِها الحَيّات في الطعمِ

O you who blame the Bedouins for their ignorance,

For the snakes eat them for their taste,

فَالعُجمُ طولُ اللَيل حَياتِهِم

تَنساب في الأُخت وَفي الأُمِّ

While for the non-Arabs, the length of their night are their lives,

Flowing into the sister and the mother.