قَد لَعَمري آذَيتَنا

يا اِبنَ عَمرِو بنِ مَسعَدَة

By my life! You have harmed us,

O son of Amr son of Masadah

بِأَحاديثِكَ الَّتي

هِيَ لِلعَقلِ مَفسَدَة

With your talks which

Are ruinous to reason.

فَأَحاديثُكَ الطِوا

لُ صُخورٌ مُنَضَّدَة

So your long talks

Are rocks piled up,

وَأَحاديثُكَ القِصا

رُ قِلالٌ مُبَرَّدَة

And your short ones

Are frozen peaks.