وَما كُنتُ أَخشى أَن يُرى الذُلُّ فيكمُ

بَني عَبدِ شَمسٍ جيرَتي وَالأَقارِبِ

Never did I fear that humiliation would be seen among you—

O sons of ʿAbd Shams, my neighbors and my kin.

جَميعاً فَلا زالَت عَليكُم عَظيمَةٌ

تَعُمُّ وَتَدعو أَهلَها بِالجَباجِبِ

All of you! May a mighty calamity never leave you,

sweeping over all and summoning its people at al-Jabājib.

أَراكُم جَميعاً خاذِلينَ فَذاهِبٌ

عَنِ النَصرِ مِنّا أَو غَوٍ مُتَجانِبِ

I see you all abandoning me: one turns

away from aiding us, or, gone astray, holds aloof.