لا تَعدَمَن رَجُلاً أَحَلَّكَ بُغضُهُ

نَجرانَ في عَيشٍ أَحَذَّ لَئيمِ

Do not deprive a man whose hatred has made you

Live miserably like a mean coward.

بُلِيَت قَناتُكَ في الحُروبِ فَأُلفِيَت

خَمّانَةً جَوفاءَ ذاتَ وُصومِ

Your canal was tested in wars, so it became

Empty and hollow with fasting and asceticism.

غَضَبُ الإِلَهِ عَلى الزَبَعرى وَاِبنِهِ

وَعَذابُ سوءٍ في الحَياةِ مُقيمِ

God was angry with Zabra and his son

And a lasting torment in life remains.