غَمَّتْ نِزاراً وَسَاءَتْ يَعْرُبَاً مِدَحٌ

غَمَّتْ نِزاراً وَسَاءَتْ يَعْرُبَاً مِدَحٌ

زُفَّتْ إِلى ذَنَبٍ إِذْ لَمْ أَجِدْ راسَا

زُفَّتْ إِلى ذَنَبٍ إِذْ لَمْ أَجِدْ راسَا

Praises grieved Nizar and displeased Ya'rub,

There was gloom for Nizar and desertion for Ya'rub

borne in bridal procession to a tail, since I found no head.

A praise poem was led to disgrace when I found no chief

وَلَوْ رَآني ابْنُ هِنْدٍ عَضَّ أَنْمُلَهُ

وَلَوْ رَآني ابْنُ هِنْدٍ عَضَّ أَنْمُلَهُ

غَيْظَاً على أُمَويٍّ يَمْدَحُ النَّاسَا

غَيْظَاً على أُمَويٍّ يَمْدَحُ النَّاسَا

And had Ibn Hind seen me, he would have bitten his fingertips

And if the son of Hind had seen me, he would have bitten his fingers

in rage at an Umayyad who praises people.

In rage against an Umayyad who praises the people