لَمّا دَعاني عامِرٌ لِأَسُبَّهُم

أَبَيتُ وَإِن كانَ اِبنُ عَيساءَ ظالِما

When Aamir called me to revile them

I refused, though the son of Issa was unjust

لِكَي ما يَكونَ السَندَرِيُّ نَديدَتي

وَأَجعَلَ أَقواماً عُموماً عَماعِما

So that Sandari would not be my rival

And I make tribes, in general, worthless

وَأَنبُشَ مِن تَحتِ القُبورِ أُبُوَّةً

كِراماً هُمُ شَدّوا عَلَيَّ التَمائِما

And I disturb from under graves nobility

Noblemen, they who tightened the amulets on me

لَعِبتُ عَلى أَكتافِهِم وَحُجورِهِم

وَليداً وَسَمَّوني مُفيداً وَعاصِما

I played on their shoulders and chests

As an infant, and they named me beneficial and protector

بَلى أَيُّنا ما كانَ شَرّاً لِمالِكٍ

فَلا زالَ في الدُنيا مَلوماً وَلائِما

Yes, which of us was more evil to Malik

He still remains in the world blamed and culpable