Sol 6.1

  1. يا مُرُّ يا اِبنَ سُحَيمٍ كَيفَ تَشتِمُني

    عَبدٌ لِعَبدٍ لَئيمِ الخالِ مَكرومِ

    O Murr, O son of Suhaym, how can you insult me?

    A slave to a slave of base maternal stock, outdone in generosity!

  2. ما كُنتَ أَوَّلَ عَبدٍ سَبَّ سادَتَهُ

    مُوَلَّعٍ بَينَ تَجديعٍ وَتَصليمِ

    You were not the first slave to revile his masters,

    scarred by nose-cutting and ear-cropping.

  3. تُبنى بُيوتُ بَني سَعدٍ وَبَيتُكُمُ

    عَلى ذَليلٍ مِنَ المَخزاةِ مَهدومِ

    The houses of the sons of Sa‘d are built, while your house

    rests on a lowly foundation, ruined by disgrace.

  4. فَاِهجُر دِيارَ بَني سَعدٍ فَإِنَّهُمُ

    قَومٌ عَلى هَوَجٍ فيهِم وَتَهشيمِ

    So leave the dwellings of the sons of Sa‘d, for they

    are a people full of rashness and crushing violence.

  5. مِن كُلِّ أَقعَسَ كَالراقودَ حُجزَتُهُ

    مَملوأَةٌ مِن عَتيقِ التَمرِ وَالثومِ

    Each one a swayback, his waist like a great jar,

    filled with old dates and garlic.

  6. إِذا تَعَشّى عَتيقَ التَمرِ قامَ لَهُ

    تَحتَ الخَميلِ عِصارٌ ذو أَضاميمِ

    When he sups on old dates, there rises for him

    beneath the shaggy blanket, a whirlwind in clustered blasts.