لَقَد عَلِمَت بَنو النَجّارِ أَنّي

أَذودُ عَنِ العَشيرَةِ بِالحُسامِ

The sons of Najjar knew well that I

Defend the tribe with my sharp sword

وَقَد قَلَّدتُ مِن خِزيِ القَوافي

بَني سَهمٍ عَلى رَغمِ الرِغامِ

I shamed the faulty rhymes

With arrows at the stubborn foes

وَقَلَّدتُ الدَعِيَّ لَهُم شَناراً

إِلى يَومِ التَغابُنِ وَالخِصامِ

And gave the slanderers a collar

Until the day of reckoning and feud

وَقَد عَلِمَ الزِبَعرى غَيرَ جَهلٍ

بِأَنَّ العَبدَ عَبدُ بَني حُمامِ

Zib'ara knew well without ignorance

That a slave is owned by the dove nest's sons

أَبوهُ حينَ يُنسَبُ أَو يُحامي

فَلَيسَ لَدى المَكارِمِ بِالمُسامي

When attributed to his father or protected

He has no honor compared to the highborn

لِدَعوَةِ مَعشَرٍ كانوا جَميعاً

كَأَسنانِ الحِمارِ مِنَ السَنامِ

At the call of a group who were altogether

Like donkey teeth from the bit coral

صَبَرتَ عَلى الهَوانِ وَكُنتُ حُرّاً

مِنَ النَجّارِ وَالقُحَمِ العِظامِ

You were patient with humiliation while I was free

From the carpenter, the solid bones, and the sand dunes

بَنو الحَربِ العَوانِ إِذا اِقمَطَرَّت

وَلَقَّحَها الكُماةُ عَلى اِنتِقامِ

The sons of war and support when it poured

And the arrogance fertilized it for revenge