لَعَمري لَئِن كانَت سُهَيَّةُ أَوضَعَت

بِأَرطاةَ في رَكبِ الخِيانَةِ وَالغَدرِ

By my life, though Suhayyah be branded

With infamy on the roll of treachery and betrayal,

فَما كانَ بِالطَرفِ العَتيقِ فَيُشتَرى

لِفَحلَتِهِ وَلا الجَوادِ إِذا يَجري

Yet the noble Arab steed is not for sale

For its lineage, nor the stallion when it runs.

اَتنَصُرُ مِنّي مَعشَراً لَستَ مِنهُمُ

وَغَيرُكَ أَولى بِالحِياطَةِ وَالنَصرِ

Would you triumph through a group whose cause I do not share?

Nay, let others tend your life and victory.