يا صاحِبَ الأَصداغِ وَالطُرَّة

يا صاحِبَ الأَصداغِ وَالطُرَّة

وَلابِسَ الحُمرَةِ وَالصُفرَة

وَلابِسَ الحُمرَةِ وَالصُفرَة

O wearer of sidelocks and a forelock,

O you who suffers from headaches and dizziness

And wearer of red and yellow!

And wears red and yellow attire

لَيتَكَ إِذ لَم تُعطِني نائِلاً

لَيتَكَ إِذ لَم تُعطِني نائِلاً

يُقِنعُني أَعطَيتَني مَرَّة

يُقِنعُني أَعطَيتَني مَرَّة

If only, since you gave me no gift

If only when you did not grant my wish

That would satisfy me, you had given me one just once.

You had satisfied me just once

ما كانَ مَدحيكَ وَوَصلي بِكَ ال

ما كانَ مَدحيكَ وَوَصلي بِكَ ال

آمالَ إِلّا سَفَرَ الغِرَّة

آمالَ إِلّا سَفَرَ الغِرَّة

My praising you and pinning on you my

My praise of you and keeping ties with you

Hopes were nothing but a journey of delusion.

Were but hopes of obtaining favors

أَعُدُّ آباءَكَ ما فيهِمُ

أَعُدُّ آباءَكَ ما فيهِمُ

عَوفٌ وَلا سَعدٌ وَلا مُرَّة

عَوفٌ وَلا سَعدٌ وَلا مُرَّة

I count your forefathers; among them there is no

I do not count your fathers among

ʿAwf, nor Saʿd, nor Murrah.

The generous, happy or noble

قَبَلتُ ذاكَ النَزرَ إِذ لَم أَجِد

قَبَلتُ ذاكَ النَزرَ إِذ لَم أَجِد

عِندَ بَهيمٍ مُصمَتٍ غُرَّة

عِندَ بَهيمٍ مُصمَتٍ غُرَّة

I accepted that pittance, since I could not find

I accepted that meager gift when I found

A white blaze on a wholly unmarked beast.

No generosity with a silent brute

أَخَذتُهُ وَتحاً وَمِن قَولِهِم

أَخَذتُهُ وَتحاً وَمِن قَولِهِم

خُذ مِن غَريمِ السَوءِ آجُرَّة

خُذ مِن غَريمِ السَوءِ آجُرَّة

I took it, paltry as it was; and as they say:

I took it mockingly, and by their words

Take a brick from a bad debtor.

Take from an enemy a compensation