أَبلِغ بَني لَأمٍ بِأَنَّ خُيولَهُم

عَقرى وَأَنَّ مِجادَهُم لَم يَمجُدِ

Tell the sons of injustice that their horses

Have been hamstrung and their glory did not last

ها إِنَّما مُطِرَت سَماؤُكُمُ دَماً

وَرَفَعتَ رَأسَكَ مِثلَ رَأسِ الأَصيَدِ

Indeed, your sky has only rained blood

And you raised your head like that of slaughtered prey

لِيَكونَ جِيراني أُكالاً بَينَكُم

بُخلاً لِكِندِيٍّ وَسَبيٍ مُزنِدِ

So that my neighbors may be food among you

Out of stinginess to Kindah and captives from Azd

وَاِبنِ النُجودِ وَإِن غَدا مُتَلاطِماً

وَاِبنِ العَذَوَّرِ ذي العِجانِ الأَزبَدِ

And the son of generosity, even if he turns aggressive tomorrow

And the son of wickedness, with curled disheveled hair

أَبلِغ بَني ثُعَلٍ بِأَنّي لَم أَكُن

أَبَداً لِأَفعَلَها طِوالَ المُسنَدِ

Tell the clan of Tha'labah that I have never

Intended to do so for as long as I hold power

لا جِئتُهُم فَلّاً وَأَترُكَ صُحبَتي

نَهباً وَلَم تَغدُر بِقائِمِهِ يَدي

I did not come to them as an aggressor and leave my company

As spoils and my hands did not betray those who stand with me