شَقيت بَنو سَعدٍ بِشِعرٍ مُساوِرٍ

شَقيت بَنو سَعدٍ بِشِعرٍ مُساوِرٍ

إِنَّ الشَّقِيَّ بِكُلِّ حَبْلٍ يُخنَقُ

إِنَّ الشَّقِيَّ بِكُلِّ حَبْلٍ يُخنَقُ

Banū Saʿd came to grief through the poetry of Musāwir;

Banu Saʿd became wretched through Musāwir’s verse.

indeed, the ill-fated man is strangled by every rope.

Indeed, the wretched man is strangled by every rope.