ولَسْتُ وإِنْ شَاحَنْتُ بَعْضَ عَشِيرَتِي

لأَذْكُرَهَا ما الكَهْلُ الكِلاَبِيُّ ذَاكِرُ

Though I have quarreled with some of my tribe,

I shall remember them as long as the old dog remembers

فَكَمْ لِيَ مِنْ أُمٍّ لَعِبْتُ بِثَدْيِهَا

كِلاَبِيَّةٍ عَادَتْ عَلَيْهَا الأَوَاصِرُ

How many a Kilabian mother have I sucked

Whose family ties have long been severed