هَجَوتُ اِبنَ الفُرَيعَةِ إِذ هَجاني

فَما بالي وَبالُ بَني بَشيرِ

Ibn al-Furay'ah insulted me when he insulted,

So what is it to me or the people of Bashir?

أُفَيحِجُ مِن بَني النَجّارِ يُضحي

شَديدَ القُصرَيَينِ مِنَ السَحورِ

Must I boast from the carpenter's sons who slaughter

The long and short poles from early morning?

وَقَد جارَيتُ قَد عَلِمَت مَعَدٌّ

بِلا واني اليَدَينِ وَلا قَصيرِ

I have contended, Madad has already known

My hands do not fail, nor am I too short.

بِذي شَقٍّ عَلى الضَبَراتِ حَتّى

يَلينَ عَلى التَجَخُّفِ وَالشَخيرِ

With gap teeth over the elephants until

He relents to frivolity and snoring.