عوجوا المَطِيَّ عَلَيَّ ذا الأَكوارِ

كَيما إِخَبِّرَكُم مِنَ الأَخبارِ

Urge on the swift camel, you who bear tidings,

That you may inform us of the news.

إِنَّ الحَلالَ وَخَنزَراً وَلَدَتهُما

أُمٌّ مُعامِسَةٌ عَلى الأَطهارِ

Truly Halal and a pig she bore them -

A defiled mother, though seeming pure.

إِنَّ الحَيا وَلَدَت أَبي وَعُمومَتي

وَنَبَتُّ في سَبطِ الفُروعِ نُضارِ

Truly the snake bore my father and my uncles,

And I sprang up in the tribe, a fresh shoot.

وَنَبَتَّ شَرَّ بَني تَميمٍ مَنصِباً

دَنِسَ المُروءَةِ ظاهِرَ الأَعيارِ

And the worst scourge of the tribe of Temim sprang up,

Defiling honor, his evil plain to see.