تَمَنَّيتَني قَيسَ بنَ سَعدٍ سَفاهَةً

وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ لا تَحتَويكَ المَقانِبُ

Qays ibn Sa'd wished me foolishness

While you are a man who cannot be contained by fate

وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ جَعدُ القَفا مُتَعَكِّسٌ

مِنَ الأَقَطِ الحَوليِّ شَبعانُ كانِبُ

And you are a man with curly hair on your nape

Sated from the yearly prey, a cunning hunter

إِذا اِنتَسَبوا لَم يَعرِفوا غَيرَ ثَعلَبٍ

إِلَيهِم وَمِن شَرِّ السِباعِ الثَعالِبُ

When they claim ancestry, they know no other but foxes

To them, and of evil beasts, the foxes