أرى خالداً يرمي صَفاتي عَداوةً

ويشتِمُ عرضي سادراً في المجالس

I see Khaled throwing my qualities to enmity

And defaming my honor, conversing in gatherings

ولو كان من قحطانَ حقاً كما ادعى

لمَا جازَ أن يَنْسى أياديَ فارس

If he were really from Qahtan as he claimed

It would not befit him to forget the favors of Faris

أخالد لِمْ ناقضتَ أصلَكَ ضَلَّةً

وقد كنتَ شيخاً عالماً بالمقايس

O Khaled, why did you contradict your origin in error

When you were an elderly, learned scholar of standards

أتَنمى إلى قطحان ثم تسبني

ضَلَلْتَ سبيل الأدعياء الأكايس

Do you aspire to be from Qahtan, then insult me?

You have strayed the path of pretentious fabricators

هجوتَ المُسيغي الماءَ قحطانَ بعدما

لقوا من أبي يَكْسوم إحدى الدهارس

You defamed al-Musayyib who gave water to Qahtan after

They received one of the swords from my father Yaksoum

ولو كنتَ ذا طبٍّ بتصحيح دعوةٍ

بكيتَ على أصدائهم في النَواوس

If you had sound advice to correct a claim

You would have wept for their echoes in the groves