وَإِن نَقِدَت يَداهُ فَزَلَّ عَنها

أَطافَ بِهِ عَطِيَّةُ فَاِستَدارا

Though his hands were tied, he slipped free,

And Atiyya came round and turned back,

رَأَيتُ اِبنَ المَراغَةِ حينَ ذَكّى

تَحَوَّلَ غَيرَ لِحيَتِهِ حِمارا

I saw Ibn al-Maraghah's son when he was prodded,

He changed, but not his donkey's beard,

هَلُمَّ نُوافِ مَكَّةَ ثُمَّ نَسأَل

بِنا وَبِكُم قُضاعَةَ أَو نِزارا

Come, let's make pilgrimage to Mecca, then ask

For us and you from Quda'a or Nizār,

وَرَهطَ اِبنِ الحُصَينِ فَلا تَدَعهُم

ذَوي يَمَنٍ وَعاظِمني خِطارا

And Ibn al-Husayn's comrades, so don't neglect them,

Men of Yemen, great in glory,

هُنالِكَ لَو نَسَبتَ بَني كُلَيبٍ

وَجَدتَهُمُ الأَدِقّاءَ الصِغارا

There you would have attributed to Banu Kulaib,

Finding them most loyal and small,

وَما غَرَّ الوِبارَ بَني كُلَيبٍ

بِغَيثي حينَ أَنجَدَ وَاِستَطارا

It was not the rainclouds that deceived Banu Kulaib,

With my two storms, when I came to help and towered high,

وِباراً بِالفَضاءِ سَمِعنَ رَعداً

فَحاذَرنَ الصَواعِقَ حينَ ثارا

Rain clouds in the open plain heard thunder roar,

So they fled the lightning when it burst forth,

هَرَبنَ إِلى مَداخِلِهِنَّ مِنهُ

وَجاءَ يُقَلِّعُ الصَخرَ اِنحِدارا

They rushed to their caves to escape it,

As it came tearing out rocks down the slope,

فَأَدرَكَهُنَّ مُنبَعِقٌ ثُعابٌ

بِحَتفِ الحينِ إِذ غَلَبَ الحِذارا

Overcoming them at a fatal moment when prudence failed,

I satirized the whelps of Yarbūʿ, huts,

هَجَوتُ صِغارَ يَربوعٍ بُيوتاً

وَأَعظَمَهُم مِنَ المَخزاةِ عارا

And the greatest among them a disgraceful whore,

For you and Kulaib are in bet,

فَإِنَّكَ وَالرِهانَ عَلى كُلَيبٍ

لَكَالمُجري مَعَ الفَرَسِ الحِمارا

Like the running donkey with the mare,