سَأُرسِلُ بَيتا قَد وَسَمتُ جَبينَهُ

يُقَطِّعُ أَعناقَ البُيوتِ الشَوارِدِ

I will send a verse whose forehead I have marked

I shall dispatch a verse whose brow I have branded,

To sever the necks of impudent houses.

That severs the necks of all wandering rhymes;

أَقامَ النَدى وَالجودُ في كُلِّ مَنزِلٍ

أَقامَ بِهِ الفَضلُ بنُ يَحيى بنُ خالِدِ

Munificence and hospitality have taken up residence

For generosity and bounty abide in every dwelling

In every abode where Fadl son of Yahya son of Khalid has stayed.

Wherein Al-Fadl ibn Yahya ibn Khalid abides.