حَوى أَولادَ عُروَةَ مِن أَبيهِم

خِلالٌ كُلُّها عارٌ وَنَقصُ

The sons of Urwa inherited naught

But defects, all, from their father,

تَفَرَّقَ ما تَجَمَّعَ فيهِ فيهِم

فَبَغّاءٌ وَقَوّادٌ وَلُصُّ

What was gathered in him scattered in them -

Pimps, knaves and thieves, one and all.