ما بالهُ وَاِبنهُ لَم

يزَّوَجا عَرَبيَّهْ

What ails him and his son, that they

Did not marry an Arab woman?

وَلا أَبوهُ عَلى ما

بِهِم مِنَ العَصَبِيَّهْ

Nor did his father, for all

Their clannishness, do this thing.

لكِنَّهُم حينَ صاروا

إِلى الأُمورِ السَنِيَّهْ

But when they came of age

For mature affairs,

قَد أَبعَدوا في التمَنِّي

وَأرغبوا في العَطِيَّهْ

They indulged their whims

And sought only self-interest.

فَلا جَزى اللَّهُ عجلاً

وَالعُصبَةَ الدُلفِيَّهْ

May God not bless the hasty

And the cliquishness of Dulfiyah

خَيراً وَلا تَركَ الْل

هُ فيهم مِن بَقِيَّهْ

With good, nor leave any remnant of them.

Say to us, O fair-faced ones, say honestly,

قولوا لَنا يا بَني ال

حسنِ قَولَةً مُستَوِيَّهْ

How do you explain staying clear

Of the shame of this calamity?

ماذا إِلَيهِ اِنصَرَفتُم

عَن خزيِ هذي البَلِيَّهْ

For we have seen no standard for you

In front of the cavalry,

فَما رَأَينا لِواءً

لَكُم أَمامَ السَرِيَّهْ

Nor seen any leader of you

Commanding the army,

وَلا رَأَينا أَميراً

مِنكُم عَلى العشرِيَّهْ

Nor seen steeds being led,

Every evening,

وَلا رَأَينا جِياداً

تقادُ كُلَّ عَشِيَّهْ

Nor hoped you would hold

An everlasting administration,

وَلا طَمعنا لَكُم في

وِلايَةٍ خلدِيَّهْ

Nor heard you give judgment on the Day of Judgment.

Is it not to tavern and wine

وَلا سَمِعنا لكم في الْ

قُضاةِ يَومَ القَضِيَّهْ

And all this cruelties?

أَما إِلى مِجَن

وَكُلّ هذا قِسِيَّهْ