لَعَمري لَئِن جَدَّت عَداوَةُ بَينِنا

لِيَنتَحِيَن مَنّي عَلى الوَخمِ مَيسَمُ

By my life, if enmity grows between us

Some will depart from me in distress and sorrow

فَأُقسِمُ أَن لَوِ اِلتَقَينا وَأَنتُمُ

لَكانَ لَكُم يَومٌ مِنَ الشَرِّ مُظلِمُ

I swear if we were to meet while you oppose me

You would have a dark, grievous day

رَأَوا نَعَماً سوداً فَهَمّوا بِأَخذِهِ

إِذا اِلتَفَّ مِن دونِ الجَميعِ المُزَنَّمُ

They saw the prosperity of the black sheep and greedily took it

When the brave one separated from the rest of the flock

وَمِن دونِهِ طَعنٌ كَأَنَّ رَشاشَهُ

عَزالى مَزادٍ وَالأَسِنَّةُ تَرذُمُ

And without him, there was a stab, as if its shower

Was an isolated quiver and the tongues babbling

أَلا تَتَّقونَ اللَهَ يا آلَ عامِرٍ

وَهَل يَتَّقي اللَهَ الأَبَلُّ المُصَمِّمُ

Do you not fear Allah, O clan of Amer?

Does the obstinate tyrant fear Allah?

كَما اِمتَنَعَت أَولادُ يَقدُمَ مِنكُمُ

وَكانَ لَها وَلثٌ مِن العَقدِ مُحكَمُ

Just as the children of Yaqdum refused you

And she had a secure knot on her necklace