وَلَولا أَنَّ أُمّي مِن عَدِيٍّ

وَأَنّي كارِهٌ سُخطَ الرَبابِ

Were it not that my mother is an Adite,

And that I abhor the wrath of Rebab,

إِذاً لَأَتى الدَواهي مِن قَريبٍ

بِخِزيٍ غَيرِ مَصروفِ العِقابِ

Verily the catastrophes would come very soon

With disgrace that has no averted punishment.