هَنيئَةُ في الضِلالِ وَعَبدُ بَكرٍ

وَمِنجابٌ كَراعِيَةِ الخَيالِ

Hanīʾa is astray, and so is ʿAbd Bakr;

and Minjāb is like a shepherdess tending a phantom.

لِزَيدِ اللاتِ أَقدامٌ صِغارٌ

قَليلٌ أَخذُهُنَّ مِنَ النِعالِ

Zayd al-Lāt has little feet;

they take up but little of his sandals.

تَخَلَّوا في الحَوادِثِ عَن أَبيهِم

وَنادَوا خُفرَةً دَعوى ضَلالِ

Amid calamities, they forsook their father

and called for protection—a misguided call.