أخالدُ لو ألِمْتَ مَضيضَ شيءٍ

مُمضٍّ مُرْمِضٍ لألِمْتَ جَهْلَكْ

If you were pained by something hurtful,

Something painful and distressing, you would feel your own ignorance.

أشيخٌ من ذوي يمَنٍ صميم

وتشتم فارساً ناقضتَ أصلك

You are an old man from the tribe of Yemen,

Yet you insult a noble Persian, denying your own origin.

بهذا الفعلِ سرَّك أن تُسمَّى

جواداً مُفْضِلاً فأبَحْتَ أهلك

By this action you hoped to be called

Noble and virtuous, but instead exposed your shame.

لقد أخزيْتَ منْ تُنْمى إليه

ثكْلتُك عاجلاً وثكِلْتُ عقْلَكْ

You have disgraced those you belong to,

May you be bereft of sons, and bereft of reason!