وَهُم بَينَ بَيتَ الأَكثَرينَ مُجاشِعٍ

وَسَلمى وَرَبعِيِّ بنِ سَلمى وَمُنذِرِ

And they are between the houses of Akthareen submissive

And Salma and Rabee Son of Salma and Munthir

وَلَستُ بِهاجٍ جَندَلاً إِنَّ جَندَلاً

بَنونا وَهُم أَولادُ سَلمى المُجَبِّرِ

And I am not one who angers Jundal, indeed Jundal

Our sons and they are the children of the compelling Salma

وَلا جابِراً وَالحَينُ يورِدُ أَهلَهُ

مَوارِدَ أَحياناً إِلى غَيرِ مَصدَرِ

Neither a compeller, and now he brings his family

To the watering places sometimes to other than the origin

وَلا التَوأَمَينِ المانِعَينِ حِماهُما

إِذا كانَ يَومٌ ذو عَجاجٍ مُثَوَّرِ

Nor the twin obstacles protecting them

When there was a day of much clamor adorned

أَنا اِبنُ عِقالٍ وَاِبنُ لَيلى وَغالِبٍ

وَفَكّاكِ أَغلالِ الأَسيرِ المُكَفَّرِ

I am the son of Iqal and the son of Layla and Ghalib

And the liberator of the shackles of the acquitted captive

وَكانَ لَنا شَيخانِ ذو القَبرِ مِنهُما

وَشَيخٌ أَجارَ الناسَ مِن كُلِّ مَقبَرِ

And we had two sheikhs, one of them from the grave

And a sheikh who protected the people from every tomb

عَلى حينَ لا تُحيا البَناتُ وَإِذ هُمُ

عُكوفٌ عَلى الأَنصابِ حَولَ المُدَوَّرِ

At the time when girls are not kept alive, while they

Were inclining to the idols around the rounded

أَنا اِبنُ الَّذي رَدَّ المَنِيَّةَ فَضلُهُ

وَما حَسَبٌ دافَعتُ عَنهُ بِمُعوِرِ

I am the son of the one who repelled demise, his bounty

And it is no account I defended him with the lame

أَبي أَحَدُ الغَيثَينِ صَعصَعَةُ الَّذي

مَتى تُخلِفِ الجَوزاءُ وَالنَجمُ يُمطِرِ

My father is one of the two rains, Sa'sa'a whom

Whenever the Goat star and the star pour rain

أَجارَ بَناتِ الوائِدينَ وَمَن يُجِر

عَلى الفَقرِ يَعلَم أَنَّهُ غَيرُ مُخفَرِ

Who gave refuge to the daughters of those who perish, and he who gives

Refuge over poverty knows that he is not concealed

وَفارِقِ لَيلٍ مِن نِساءٍ أَتَت أَبي

تُعالِجُ ريحاً لَيلُها غَيرُ مُقمِرِ

And bid farewell to a night of women who came to my father

The wind of her night is not turbid

فَقالَت أَجِر لي ما وَلَدتُ فَإِنَّني

أَتَيتُكَ مِن هَزلى الحَمولَةِ مُقتِرِ

She said: "Give refuge to what I have born, for I

Came to you from Hizla pregnant and poor

هِجَفٍّ مِنَ العُثوِ الرُؤوسِ إِذا ضَغَت

لَهُ اِبنَةُ عامٍ يَحطِمُ العَظمَ مُنكَرِ

An old crone whose head sways when angry

The daughter of a year who breaks the bone denied

رَأى الأَرضَ مِنها راحَةً فَرَمى بِها

إِلى خُدَدٍ مِنها وَفي شَرِّ مَحفِرِ

He saw the land have rest from her so he threw her

Into holes in it and the worst dug pit

فَقالَ لَها نامي فَإِنَّ بِذِمَّتي

لِبِنتِكَ جارٌ مِن أَبيها القُنُوَّرِ

He said to her: "Sleep, for in my custody

Is your daughter protected from her smoky father"

فَما كانَ ذَنبي أَن جَنابٌ سَما بِهِ

حِفاظٌ وَشَيطانٌ بَطيءُ التَعَذُّرِ

So what was my crime that a demon that brings him

Accusations sworn and slow to excuse attributed to me