إذا كنتَ في سَعدِ وأمُّكَ منهم

غريباً فلا يَغرُركَ خالك من سَعد

If you are in Sa'd and your mother is one of them

A stranger, do not be deceived by your maternal uncle of Sa'd

فإن ابن أخت القوم مُصغًى إناؤهُ

إشذا لم يُزاحم خالَهُ بأبٍ جَلدٍ

For the son of the sister of a people is a vessel inclined

Even if he does not contend with his uncle, of courageous disposition

إذا ما دعوا كيسان كانت كُهولُهم

الى الغَدر ادنى من شبابهم المرد

When they call two owls, their crazies

Are more prone to betrayal than their spirited youth

فإن تك اثوابي تَمزّقن عن بلىً

فاني كنصلِ السيف في خَلَق الغمدِ

If my clothes are torn by decrepitude

I am like a sword blade in the nature of a scabbard