1. نَبَّأتني أَنَّ عَبدَ اللَّهِ مُنتَزِعٌ

    مِنّي عَطاياهُ لُكّاعَ بنَ لُكّاعِ

    You told me that Abd Allah is taking back

    His gifts from me, you scoundrel, son of a scoundrel.

  2. كَذَبتَ لَم تَغذُهُ سَوداء مُقرفةٌ

    بِشَرِّ ثَديٍ كَأَنفِ الكَلبِ دَمّاعِ

    You lied! No black, baseborn woman suckled him

    At the vilest breast, dripping like a dog's nose;

  3. إِلّا بِأَلبانِ حورٍ كَالدُّمى شُمُسٍ

    مِن عامِرٍ وَنَمَتهُ بَينَ أَفراعِ

    But only on the milk of fair, dark-eyed women, statue-like and unapproachable,

    Of Amir, who reared him among noble scions.