أَتَشتُمُ خَيرَ ذي حَكَمِ اِبنِ سَعدٍ

لَقَد لاقَيتَ داهِيَةً نَآدا

Do you insult the best man of judgment, Ibn Sa'd?

You have surely encountered a grievous calamity.

سَبَبتُ اِبنَ الحُدَيجِ فَسَبَّ ظِلّي

لَعَمرُ أَبيكَ لا اِستَوفى وَزادا

I reviled Ibn al-Hudayj, so he reviled my shadow;

By your father's life, he neither exacted his due nor exceeded it.

وَلَو في غَيرِ مِصرَ سَبَبتَ ظِلّي

لَقُلتُ اِبنَ الخَبيثَةِ كُن رَمادا

And had you insulted my shadow anywhere other than Egypt,

I would have said: 'Son of the wicked woman, turn to ashes!'