رَعَتْ قُريشٌ فِينَا الذِّمامَ على

جَفَا ابْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ وائلِ القُرْبَى

Quraysh nurtured rancor against us, despite

The kinship of Ibn Bakr ibn Wa'il.

لِلَّهِ هُم ما أَحَبَّ للضيفِ إنْ

حَلَّ وللطيِّباتِ ما أَحبَّا

By God, they do not care for the guest, if

He arrives, nor for the good things they despise.

قَومٌ إذا أفْضَلُوا عليكَ رَأَوْا

شكرَكَ ما أَفضَلوا بِهِ ذَنْبا

A people who, when they are generous to you, see

Your gratitude as recompense for their gift.

حتّى تَرَى صدقَ ما مدحتَهُمُ

بِهِ لإنكارِهِمْ لَهُ كِذْبا

So much so, that you see the truth of your praise

In their denial of it, calling it a lie.

يُولُونَ ما دُونَ عِرْضِهِمُ لا

يُبالُونَ أَتِبْراً أَعْطُوهُ أَمْ تُرْبَا

They care not what they say, nor what they give,

Be it honest or usurious gain.

ولا يُبالونَ حينَ يجتمعُ الْ

عِرْضُ بِمَالٍ إذا غَدَا نَهْبَا

They care not if honor and wealth gather

As spoils, when the two coincide.

لو عَبَدَ الناسُ غَيرَ خَالقِهِمْ

ما عَبَدُوا دُونَ عِرْضِهِمْ رَبَّا

If people worshipped other than their Creator,

They would worship naught but their own honor.

يَبْقَى لنا الجودُ ما بقُوْا فمتَى

قَضَوْا قَضَى الجُودُ بعدهُمُ نَحْبَا

Generosity will remain with us, as long as they remain, but when

They pass away, so too will generosity, in their footsteps.

لا فَطَمَتْهم أُمُّ البَقَاءِ ولا

سَامَهُمْ كَأْسُ مِيْتةٍ شُرْبَا

Neither has the mother of eternity weaned them,

Nor have they sipped from the cup of death.