أَخو ذُبيانَ عَبسٌ ثُمَّ مالَت

بَنو عَبسٍ إِلى حَصَبٍ وَمالِ

The tribes of Dhubyan turned away frowning

The clan of Abs inclined towards folly and error

فَما إِن فَضلُ ذُبيانٍ عَلَينا

بِخَيءٍ غَيرَ أَقوالِ الضَلاَلِ

Yet we have no cause to think ourselves better

Except for rejecting their vain false doctrines

سِوى أَن قُدِّموا وَحَظوا عَلَينا

كَما تَحظى اليَمينُ عَلى الشِمالِ

Rather they were preferred and favored over us

As the right hand is favored over the left

تَنَوُّطُنا بِذُبيانٍ عَزِيزٌ

عَلَينا مِثلُ أَثقالِ الجِبالِ

Our association with honored Dhubyan

Weighs on us like mountains