يا عَجَبا مِن عَبدِ عَمروٍ وَبَغيِهِ

لَقَد رامَ ظُلمي عَبدُ عَمروٍ فَأَنعَما

Oh how strange is the slave of Amr and his tyranny

Indeed the unjust slave of Amr sought to prosper

وَلا خَيرَ فيهِ غَيرَ أَنَّ لَهُ غِنىً

وَأَنَّ لَهُ كَشحاً إِذا قامَ أَهضَما

Yet there is no good in him except his wealth

And that he is stingy when he stands erect

يَظَلُّ نِساءُ الحَيِّ يَعكُفنَ حَولَهُ

يَقُلنَ عَسيبٌ مِن سَرارَةِ مَلهَما

The women of the tribe cluster around him

Saying he is a foal from an esteemed mare

لَهُ شَربَتانِ بِالنَهارِ وَأَربَعٌ

مِنَ اللَيلِ حَتّى آضَ سُخداً مُوَرَّما

He drinks twice in the day and four times

At night until his cheek became bruised

وَيَشرَبُ حَتّى يَغمُرَ المَحضُ قَلبَهُ

وَإِن أُعطَهُ أَترُك لِقَلبِيَ مَجثَما

He drinks until the alcohol soaks his heart

And if given more I’d let my heart be pierced

كَأَنَّ السِلاحَ فَوقَ شُعبَةِ بانَةٍ

تَرى نَفَخاً وَردَ الأَسِرَّةِ أَسحَما

As if the weapons atop Mount Banah

You see blasts and the female captives herded