سَيَخزى إِذا ضَنَّت حَلائِبُ مالِكٍ

ثُوَيرٌ وَيَخزى عاصِمٌ وَجَميعُ

Thou'ayr and 'Asim will feel shame

When the camels of Malik grow lean.

فَقَبلَكَ ما أَعيا الرُماةَ إِذا رَمَوا

صَفاً لَيسَ في عادِيِّهِنَّ صُدوعُ

Before thee never did archers so weary,

Aiming their arrows at unbroken line.

لَقَد نَفَحَت مِنكَ الوَريدَينِ عِلجَةٌ

خَبيثَةُ ريحِ المِنخَرَينِ قَبوعُ

From thee the veins do give an evil smell

Like the foul breath of nostrils unclean.

فَلا تُدنِيا رَحلَ الدَلَهمَسِ إِنَّهُ

بَصيرٌ بِما يَأتي اللِئامِ سَميعُ

Bring not thy saddle near to ed-Dalhamus

For he's wise to the evil of men, and can hear.

هُوَ النَخبَةُ الخَوّارُ ما دونَ قَلبِهِ

حِجابٌ وَما فَوقَ الحِجابِ ضُلوعُ

In his heart there is screen beyond screen;

The choicest part under ribs lies concealed.

فَلَو أَنجَبَت أُمُّ الدَلَهمَسِ لَم يَعِب

فَوارِسَنا لا عاشَ وَهوَ جَميعُ

If mother of ed-Dalhamus never bore child,

None of our horsemen his life would have spared.

أَصابَ قَرارَ اللُؤمِ في بَطنِ أُمِّهِ

وَراضَعَ ثَديَ اللُؤمِ فَهوَ رَضيعُ

He hit the womb's core where villains are shaped,

And suckled the teat whence the vilest are reared.