أَلا مُبلِغٌ عَنّي المَهينَ اِبنَ عُروَةٍ

مَقالَةَ خِلٍّ ذي وِدادٍ وَذي إِنسِ

Will not a messenger convey to the ignoble son of 'Urwa

The speech of a sincere friend, full of love and intimacy:

أَنِفتَ وَقَد صارَت مَعِ اِبنِكِ إِبنَةٌ

فَمِلتَ عَليهِ بِالعُقوبَةِ وَالحَبسِ

You were averse when your son begot a daughter with his,

So you punished and imprisoned him for it.

مَتى صِرتَ تَأبى لا أَباكَ دَنِيَّةً

وَأَنتَ لَئيمُ الأَصلِ وَالفَرعِ وَالنَفسِ

Since when have you disdained what your own father deemed trivial,

While you are of despicable origin, lineage, and soul?

وَكَيفَ كَرِهتَ اليَومَ مِنهُ سَجِيَّةً

وَقَد كُنتَ تَرضاها لِنَفسِكَ بِالأَمسِ

How could you today abhor from him a trait

That you accepted in yourself yesterday?