إِن تَكُ عُكلٌ في هاشِمٍ أُخَرِ

مِن بَعدِ عُكلٍ فَساكِنو العَقَبَه

If there remains a hero in Hashim

After heroes, then those inhabiting highlands

وَلَستُ أَعني أَخي أَبا حَسَنِ

مَكرُمَةً ثَمَّ جِدُّ مُغتَرِبَه

I do not mean my brother Abu al-Hasan

Nobly, then seriously estranged

يا سَوءَتا مِن طِلابِ نائِلِهِم

وَمَدحِ رَغثانَ أَزغَبَ الرَقَبَه

Oh what evil from seekers getting their wish

And praising the scum, the scruffiest of necks

أَحمَرُ مِثلُ النُحاسِ في قَشَرٍ

تَدمى فَلا فِضَّةٌ وَلا ذَهَبه

Red like copper in a peel

Bleeding yet no silver nor gold

كَما اِنتَضى الكَلبُ أَيرَهُ فَتَرى

لَوناً صَقيلاً وَهِمَّةً خَرِبَه

As the dog raised its tail, you see

A polished color yet ruined impulse

خاسَت بِهِ عِندَ فَرطِ كَبرَتِهِ

لوطِيَّةٌ في خَراهُ مُنقَلِبَه

Debased in him at the excess of his pride

Is a sodomite in his ruins overturned