أَبلِغ بَني قَيسٍ إِذا لاقَيتَهُم

وَالحَيَّ ذُهلاً هَل بِكُم تَعيِيرُ

When you meet the tribe of Qais, say to them—

While life endures, do you gloat over us?

زَعَمَت حَنيفَةُ لا تُجيرُ عَلَيهِمُ

بِدِمائِهِم وَأَظُنُّها سَتُجيرُ

Hanifa claimed she would not protect them

With their blood, though I think she will protect.

كَذَبوا وَبَيتِ اللَهِ يَفعَلُ ذَلِكُم

حَتّى يُوازِيَ حَزرَماً كِنديرُ

They lied—the House of God will make you do that

Until He razes Khandaq like Hazram.

أَو أَن يَرَوا جَبّارَها وَأَشاءَها

يَعلو دُخانٌ فَوقَها وَسَعيرُ

Or until they see its Tyrant and Guardians

With smoke rising above it and hellfire.

هَل كُنتُمُ إِلّا دَوارِجَ حُشوَةً

دَفَعَت كَواهِلُ عَنكُمُ وَصُدورُ

Were you not Kharijites stuffed with nothing,

Whose shoulders and chests thrust you away?

أَأَثالُ إِنَّكَ إِن تُطِع في هَذِهِ

تُصبِح وَأَنتَ مُوَطَّأٌ مَكثورُ

Beware! Obey in this and you’ll wake up

Humbled and amassed, covered in shame.