أَبلِغ عُبَيداً بِأَنَّ الفَخرَ مَنقَصَةٌ

في الصالِحينَ فَلا يَذهَب بِكَ الجَذَلُ

Tell the slaves that boasting is a defect

Among the righteous, so do not let arrogance take you.

لَمّا رَأَيتُ بَني عَوفٍ وَإِخوَتَهُم

كَعباً وَجَمعَ بَني النَجّارِ قَد حَفَلوا

When I saw the Bani Auf and their brothers

Ka'b and the gathering of the Bani Al-Najjar had gathered

قَومٌ أَباحوا حِماكُم بِالسُيوفِ وَلَم

يَفعَل بِكُم أَحَدٌ في الناسِ ما فَعَلوا

A people who made your sanctuary violated by the swords and none

Among the people did to you what they did

إِذ أَنتُمُ لا تُجيبونَ المُضافَ وَإِذ

تُلقى خِلالَ الدِيارِ الكاعِبُ الفُضُلُ

Since you do not give hospitality to the visitor and when

Generosity is met with rejection throughout the land.