جَمِّع مِحاشَكَ يا يَزيدُ فَإِنَّني

أَعدَدتُ يَربوعاً لَكُم وَتَميما

Gather your belongings, O Yazid, for I

Have prepared a mount and supplies for you all,

وَلَحِقتُ بِالنَسَبِ الَّذي عَيَّرتَني

وَتَرَكتَ أَصلَكَ يا يَزيدُ ذَميما

And I have traced my lineage which you reproached me for,

And you, O Yazid, have forsaken your own ignoble roots.

عَيَّرتَني نَسَبَ الكِرامِ وَإِنَّما

فَخرُ المَفاخِرِ أَن يُعَدَّ كَريما

You reproached me for the lineage of nobility, yet

The pride of all prides is to be counted as noble.

حَدِبَت عَلَيَّ بُطونُ ضِنَّةَ كُلِّها

إِن ظالِماً فيهِم وَإِن مَظلوما

The bellies of spite toward me have all protruded,

Whether my oppressor among them or my oppressed.

لَولا بَنو عَوفِ اِبنِ بُهشَةَ أَصبَحَت

بِالنَعفِ أُمُّ بَني أَبيكَ عَقيما

Were it not for the clan of Awf, son of Buhayshah

The mother of your clan would have remained barren.