قالوا هَجتكَ سَلولُ اللُّؤمِ مُخفِيةً

فاليومَ أهجوا سَلولاً لا أُخافيهَا

They said your satire is the arrows of villains concealed

So today I satirize arrows I do not conceal

قالوا هجاكَ سَلوليٌّ فقلتُ لهم

قد أنصفَ الصخرة الصّماءَ راميهَا

They said a satirist satirized you, so I said to them

The mute rock has done justice to the one who threw it

رجالُهم شرُّ من يمشى ونسوتُهم

شرُّ البريَّة واستاً ذلَّ حاميها

Their men are worse than those who walk and their women

Are the worst of the wilderness, a fire that has consumed its kindler

يحكُكنَ بالصَّخر أستاهاً بها نُقَبٌ

كما يَحُكُّ نِقابَ الجُربِ طالِيهَا

It scratches her kindlers with rock, there are gashes in it

As mange scratches the veil of its lengthener