تُرَجّي أَن تَزيدَ بَنو فُقَيمٍ
صِغارُهُم وَقَد أَعيَوا كِبارا
Do you hope Banū Fuqaym will gain in stature—
their young—when their grown men have already proved wanting?
إِذا دَخَلوا النِباجَ بَنَوا عَلَيها
بُيوتَ اللُؤمِ وَالعَمَدَ القِصارا
Whenever they entered al-Nibāj, they built there
tents of ignobility, with their short poles.
يَحُلُّ اللُؤمُ ما حَلَّت فُقَيمٌ
وَإِن ساروا بِأَقصى الأَرضِ سارا
Ignobility settles wherever Fuqaym settles;
and if they roam earth’s farthest reaches, it roams there too.
Sol 5.6