لَو أَنَّ حَدراءَ تَجزيني كَما زَعَمَت

أَن سَوفَ تَفعَلُ مِن بَذلٍ وَإِكرامِ

If only Hadhra would reward me as she claimed

That she would do with generosity and honor

لَكُنتُ أَطوَعَ مِن ذي حَلقَةٍ جُعِلَت

في الأَنفِ ذَلَّ بِتَقوادٍ وَتَرسامِ

I would be more obedient than one with a ring

Placed in his nose, humbled with leading and harness

عَقيلَةٌ مِن بَني شَيبانَ يَرفَعُها

دَعايِمُ لِلعُلى مِن آلِ هَمّامِ

A noble lady of Bani Shayban, whom they raise

Pillars of the exalted, of the family of Hammam

مِن آلِ مُرَّةَ بَينَ المُستَضاءِ بِهِم

مِن رُؤَساءٍ مَصاليتٍ وَأَحكامِ

Of the family of Murrah among the enlightened ones

Of chiefs, counsels and rulers

بَينَ الأَحاوِصِ مِن كَلبٍ مُرَكَّبُها

وَبَينَ قَيسِ اِبنِ مَسعودٍ وَبِسطامِ

Between the kinsmen of Kalb, their ancestry

And between Qais the son of Masoud and Bistam