لَولا يَدا بِشرِ بنِ مَروانَ لَم أُبَل
تَكَثُّرَ غَيظٍ في فُؤادِ المُهَلَّبِ
Had it not been for the hand of Bishr son of Marwan, I would not have suffered
The swelling of rage in the heart of the afflicted one
فَإِن تُغلِقِ الأَبوابَ دوني وَتَحتَجِب
فَما لِيَ مِن أُمٍّ بِغافٍ وَلا أَبِ
If you close the doors before me and veil yourself
Then I have neither a heedless mother nor father
وَلَكِنَّ أَهلَ القَريَتَينِ عَشيرَتي
وَلَيسوا بَوادٍ مِن عُمانَ مُصَوِّبِ
But the people of the two villages are my kinsmen
And they are not a valley folk of Oman, aiming straight
غَطاريفُ مِن قَيسٍ مَتى أَدعُ فيهُمِ
وَخِندَفَ يَأتوا لِلصَريخِ المُثَوِّبِ
Ghatarif of Qais, whenever I call upon them
And Khindif come to the cry of the supple one
وَلَمّا رَأَيتُ الأَزدَ تَهفو لَحاهُم
حَوالَي مَزَونِيٍّ لَئيمِ المُرَكَّبِ
And when I saw the Azd panting, their beards
Around a despicable Mezouni, riding the saddle
مُقَلَّدَةً بَعدَ القُلوسِ أَعِنَّةً
عَجِبتُ وَمَن يَسمَع بِذَلِكَ يَعجَبِ
Wearing braids after the helmets, helpless
I wondered and whoever hears of this will wonder
تَغُمُّ أُنوفاً لَم تَكُن عَرَبِيَّةً
لَحى نَبَطٍ أَفواهُها لَم تُعَرَّبِ
Frowning noses that were not Arabian
The beards of Nabataeans, their mouths not Arabized
فَكَيفَ وَلَم يَأتوا بِمَكَّةَ مَنسِكاً
وَلَم يَعبُدوا الأَوثانَ عِندَ المُحَصِّبِ
How could they not come to Mecca for pilgrimage
And worship idols at the stoning place
وَلَم يَدعُ داعٍ يا صَباحاً فَيَركَبوا
إِلى الرَوعِ إِلّا في السَفينِ المُضَبَّبِ
And no caller called, "O morning!" so they rode
To panic except in a daubed ship
وَما وُجِعَت أَزدِيَّةٌ مِن خِتانَةٍ
وَلا شَرِبَت في جِلدِ حَوبٍ مُعَلَّبِ
No Azdiya was stung by a circumciser
Nor drank in the skin of Khubb, flavored
وَما اِنتابَها القُنّاصُ بِالبَيضِ وَالجَنا
وَلا أَكَلَت فَوزَ المَنيحِ المُعَقَّبِ
She was not visited by the hunter with eggs and ostriches
Nor ate the claws of Manih, tracked
وَلا سَمَكَت عَنها سَماءً وَليدَةٌ
مَظَلَّةُ أَعرابِيَّةٍ فَوقَ أَسقُبِ
Nor did a weaned sky rain over her
A shaded Bedouin woman above the rooftop
وَلا أَوقَدَت ناراً لِيَعشُوَ مُدلِجٌ
إِلَيها وَلَم يُسمَع لَها صَوتُ أَكلُبِ
Nor did she light a fire for a kindler
To approach her, nor was the barking of dogs heard by her
وَلا نَثَرَ الجاني ثِباناً أَمامَها
وَلا اِنتَقَلَت مِن رَهبَةٍ سَيلَ مِذنَبِ
Nor did the criminal scatter thorns before her
Nor did she move in fright, a flood of tail
وَلا أَرقَصَ الراعي إِلَيها مُعَجِّلاً
بِوَطبِ لِقاحٍ أَو سَطيحَةِ مُعزِبِ
Nor did the shepherd dance hastily toward her
With the gait of copulation or a meadow's isolation
