أَمُطَّلِبٌ دَع دَعاوى الكُماةِ

فَتِلكَ نَحيزَةُ لا رُتبَه

Amuttalib, leave off your false claims

For those are the traits of an unworthy man

فَكَيفَ رَأَيتَ سُيوفَ الحَريشِ

وَوَقعَةَ مَولى بَني ضَبَّه

How did you see the swords of Bani Hareth

And the battle of the chieftain of Bani Dhabba

أَحَجَّتكَ أَسيافُهُم كارِهاً

وَما لَكَ في الحَجِّ مِن رَغبَه

Your proof is only their swords you hated

And you have no true devotion to pilgrimage

وَما المالُ جاءَكَ مِن مَغنَمٍ

وَلا مِن ذَكاءٍ وَلا كِسبَه

Your wealth did not come from war spoils

Nor from wisdom or honest work

عَطاياكَ تَغدو عَلى سابِحٍ

وَطَوراً عَلى بَغلَةٍ نَدبَه

Your gifts come from a swimmer one day

And a camel-rider another day

وَلَو يُرزَقُ الناسُ مِن حيلَةٍ

لَما نِلتَ كَفّاً مِنَ التُربَه

If people's wealth came from cunning

You would not get a handful of dust

وَلَو يَشرَبُ الماءَ أَهلُ العَفافِ

لَما نِلتَ مِن مائِهِم شَربَه

If the virtuous drank water

You would not get a sip from them

وَلَو خَصَّ بِالرِزقِ نَجلُ الكِرامِ

لَما نِلتَ خَيطاً وَلا هُدبَه

If sustenance was for noble men

You would not get a thread or rag

وَلَكِنَّهُ رِزقُ مَن رِزقُهُ

يَعُمُّ بِهِ الكَلبَ وَالكَلبَه

But it is the sustenance of Him who gives it

It comes to dogs and bitches alike