إِنّي لَقاضٍ بَينَ حَيَّينِ أَصبَحا

مَجالِسَ قَد ضاقَت بِها الحَلَقاتُ

I am between two lives that have become

Assemblies too narrow for their circles

بَنو مِسمَعٍ أَكفاؤُهُم آلُ ذارِمٍ

وَتَنكِحُ في أَكفائِها الحَبَطاتُ

The equal sons of Hearing, their peers the family of Dharim

And the Abyssinian women marry their equals

وَلا يُدرِكُ الغاياتِ إِلّا جِيادُها

وَلا تَستَطيعُ الجِلَّةُ البَكَراتُ

And only their steeds attain the goals

And the young maidens cannot reach them