أَلا أَبلِغا عَنّي أُسَيداً رِسالَةً

فَخالُكَ عَبدٌ بِالشَرابِ مُجَرَّبُ

Shall I not send a message to Usāyid?

Your maternal uncle is a man well experienced in wine-drinking.

لَعَمرُكَ ما أَوفى أُسيداً لِجارِهِ

وَلا خالِدٌ وَابنُ المُفاضَةِ زَينَبُ

By your life! Usāyid has not dealt justly with his neighbour;

Nor Khālid, nor the son of al-Mufaddah - Zaynab!

وَعَتّابُ عَبدٌ غَيرُ موفٍ بِذِمَّةٍ

كَذوبُ شُؤُونِِ الرَأسِ قِردٌ مُؤَدَّبُ

And 'Attāb is a slave who pays no heed to obligations -

A liar in all the affairs of his head, a trained ape!