يا حارِ قَد كُنتَ لَولا ما رُميتَ بِهِ

لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ في عِزٍّ وَفي حَسَبِ

O splitter, if not for what was cast upon you,

Your worth to God would be in glory and lineage.

جَلَّلتَ قَومَكَ مَخزاةً وَمَنقَصَةً

ما لَم يُجَلَّلَهُ حَيٌّ مِنَ العَرَبِ

You adorned your people with disgrace and deficiency,

That no living Arab had adorned before.

يا سالِبَ البَيتِ ذي الأَركانِ حِليَتُهُ

أَدِّ الغَزالَ فَلَن يَخفى لِمُستَلِبِ

O robber of the house with pillars as its adornment,

Return the gazelle, for the robber will not remain hidden.

سائِل بَني الحَارِثِ المُزري بِمَعشَرِهِ

أَينَ الغَزالُ عَلَيهِ الدُرُّ مِن ذَهَبِ

Ask the tribe of Al-Harith Al-Muzri, altogether,

Where is the gazelle with jewels of gold upon it?

بِئسَ البَنونَ وَبِئسَ الشَيخُ شَيخُهُمُ

تَبّاً لِذَلِكَ مِن شَيخٍ وَمِن عَقِبِ

Wretched are the sons, and wretched is their elder,

Cursed is that elder and his progeny.