أَتوعِدُ أُسرَتي وَتَرَكتَ حُجراً

يُريغُ سَوادَ عَينَيهِ الغُرابُ

You threaten my family and left a rock

On which a raven spills the blackness of its eyes

أَبَوا دينَ المُلوكِ فَهُم لِقاحٌ

إِذا نُدِبوا إِلى حَربٍ أَجابوا

They refused the religion of kings, so they are a tribe

That answers when called to war

فَلَو أَدرَكتَ عِلباءَ بنَ قَيسٍ

قَنِعتَ مِنَ الغَنيمَةِ بِالإِيابِ

If you had met `Ilbā' ibn Qays

You would have been satisfied with the spoils of just a cloak