أَتاني وَأَهلي بِذاتِ الدِماخِ

فَلا مِن مَآبٍ وَلا مِن قَرَب

He came to me and my family with spears

No shelter or kin could be found

مَسَبُّ اِبنِ لُقمانَ عِرضَ اِمرِئٍ

شَديدِ الأَناةِ بَعيدِ الغَضَب

Curse the son of Luqman, a man's honor

Of great patience, of anger remote

لِقِرمٍ إِذا ما تَسامى القُرومُ

يُقَطِّعُ ظَهرَ البَعيرِ الأَزَبّ

To an old camel, when the camels vie

Who hacks the humpback's spine in half

وَأُمُّكَ حَمراءُ زَوفِيَّةٌ

لِنَقلِ الحَشيشِ جُرازُ الحَطَب

Your mother, the red-haired Zawfiyya

To carry grass, logs for the firewood

نَبيثُ الغُواةِ عَلى ثَفرِها

كَنَبثِ الثَعالِبِ جُحرَ السَرَب

The wicked ones, over her grave

Like foxes to a lair, they scrambled