فَلَو أَنّي بُليتُ بِهاشِمِيٍّ

خُؤولَتُهُ بَنو عَبدِ المَدانِ

Had I been afflicted by a Hashimite

His meanness, the sons of Abd al-Madan,

صَبَرتُ عَلى عَداوَتِهِ وَلَكِن

تَعالَي فَاِنظُري بِمَن اِبتَلاني

I would have been patient with his enmity, but

Come and see whom I have been afflicted with!