قُلْ للشريفِ على تَقَوُّلِهِ

لَقَدِ انْتَهَيْتَ بغايةِ الكَذِبِ

Say to the pretentious noble in his dishonesty,

You have reached the utmost limit of lying,

لو كُنْتَ من مُضَرٍ ولَسْتَ لها

ما كانَ منها سيِّدُ العَرَبِ

If you were from Mudar and not one of them,

The chieftain of the Arabs would not be from it.

لا تَرْمِ هاشِمَها بمنْقَصةٍ

تَدعُ الفضيلَةَ في أَبى لَهَبِ

Do not disparage its Hashimites,

Leaving virtue in Abi Lahab,

لقدِ احْتَملْتَ مخازِيًا عُذِرتْ

من أَجْلِها حمَّالَةُ الحَطَبِ

You have borne disgraces that were excused

For the sake of her who bears the firewood.

شَرفٌ أَبى لك زُورَهُ سَرَفٌ

يختالُ في أَنفاسِ مُنْتَهبِ

A nobility which denied you its sham is noble,

Strutting in the breaths of the plundered one.

واخَجْلَةَ الديوانِ إِن صرخُوا

من ذا يحاسِبُ سارِقَ الحَسَبِ

And the Registry's shame if they scream,

Who will question the thief of lineage?

ما زالَ ذاك الصَّقْرُ يعْمُرُهُ

حتى غَدَا خَرِباً مع الخَرَبِ

That falcon did not cease to inhabit it

Until it became a ruin along with the ruins.

يا ناظِراً أَعمى وإِنْ لَعِبَتْ

في وجْهِهِ أَلحاظُ مُرْتَقِبِ

O blind watcher, though the glances

Of the expectant played on his face,

غَضَّ الخليفَةُ عَنْكَ ناظِرَهُ

فَنَهبْتَ من نَشَبٍ ومن نَسَبِ

The Caliph turned his gaze from you, his watcher,

So you looted from origin and lineage.