نَهيتُ بَني فِهرٍ غَداةَ لَقيتُهُم

وَحَيَّ نُصَيبٍ وَالظُنونُ تُطاعُ

I warned the tribe of Fihr one morning when I met them,

By Wahayb's well, though guesses must be heeded.

فَقُلتُ لَهُم إِنَّ الجَريبَ وَراكِساً

بِها نَعَمٌ يَرعى المرارَ رَتاعُ

I said to them: 'The meadow there has harmful serpents.

Though it has some rich grass where cattle graze,

وَلكِن فيهِ السُمّ إِن رَيعُ أَهلُهُ

وَإِن يَأتِهِ قَومٌ هُناكَ يُراعُ

It harbors poison if its people pasture there,

Or others come and on its greenery feed.'