تُب يا لحاك اللَه مِن خادع

إِذ تَقبل التَوبة مِن مُذنبِ

Repent, oh you whom God deluded

When He accepts repentance from a sinner

تَاللَهِ لا عَيب بِشَمس الضُحى

لَو قادَها بَأسك لِلمَغربِ

By God, the morning sun is blameless

If your might leads it to set in the west

تبدو كَما غابَت وَأَنوارها

تحجب ما في الأُفق مِن كَوكَبِ

It appears as it has set and its lights

Conceal what stars there are on the horizon

وَها أَنا البَدر مَتى سمتني

خسفا جَلا وَرى دُجى الغَيهَبِ

And here I am, the moon, whenever attributed

An eclipse, it sees the darkness of dusk

يا عَقرب المكر مَتى تَلدغي

نَعلي لِأَمر ما بِها تضربي

Oh sly scorpion when will you sting me

My sandal, for something with which you strike

ما اِرتَعد البازيُّ وَاللَه من

صَرير زَنبور وَلا جُندبِ

The brave did not shiver, by God, from

The buzzing of a wasp or a cricket

وَلا طَنين مِن ذُباب نَبا

بِهمّة القسور عَن مَطلَبِ

Nor the droning of bees flying

With the determination of warriors after their goal

فَاِربع عَلى ظلعك إِنّ الَّذي

سابقته أَجول مِن قطربِ

So gallop on your playing field, indeed he who

You outstripped is more roaming than a homeless cat

تَطلب ثأراً بِكليب وَما

جدّك مِن بكر وَلا تَغلبِ

You seek vengeance on a pup, but not even

Your grandfather was of Bakr or Taghlib

ما أَنا بِالذمّيِّ إِن لَم يُطع

أَلزمته الطاعة بِالأَحدَبِ

I am no timid soul, if he does not obey

I obligate him obedience with force

يَحوم حَول السرب لَكنّه

لا يَعرف الظَبيَ مِن الأَرنَبِ

It hovers around the flock but

Cannot distinguish the gazelle from the rabbit