وَجئِتَ عَلَى قَصوَاءَ تَنقُلَ سَوءةً

وَجئِتَ عَلَى قَصوَاءَ تَنقُلَ سَوءةً

إِلَينَا وكَم مِن سَوءَةٍ لا تَهَابُهَا

إِلَينَا وكَم مِن سَوءَةٍ لا تَهَابُهَا

And you came riding Qaṣwāʾ, carrying a disgrace

You came on slender she-camels traveling swiftly,

to us—and how many a disgrace you do not fear!

Bringing blame upon us - and how much blame you do not fear!

وتَزعُمُ أَن لَم تَخزَ سَلمَ بنَ جَندَلٍ

وتَزعُمُ أَن لَم تَخزَ سَلمَ بنَ جَندَلٍ

وَقَد خَزِيَت بَعد الرِّجَالِ كِلاَبُهَا

وَقَد خَزِيَت بَعد الرِّجَالِ كِلاَبُهَا

And you claim you were not disgraced, Salm ibn Jandal,

You claim you did not shame Salma, son of Jandal,

though its dogs were disgraced after the men.

Yet you were shamed after the men by their dogs.