إِنَّ الَّتي أَلقَتكَ مِن تَحتِ رِجلِها

إِنَّ الَّتي أَلقَتكَ مِن تَحتِ رِجلِها

وَليدُ لِمِجهالُ العَشِيِّ خَبوبُ

وَليدُ لِمِجهالُ العَشِيِّ خَبوبُ

Indeed, she who cast you from beneath her leg,

She who cast you from beneath her feet

Is, Walīd, truly reckless at dusk and deceitful,

Is a child born to obscure night's ignorance

لَيالِيَ يُدعى دَيسَماً بِاِبنِ صَقعَبٍ

لَيالِيَ يُدعى دَيسَماً بِاِبنِ صَقعَبٍ

لِما ضَمَّ زَوجُ الكَلبَتَينِ ضَروبُ

لِما ضَمَّ زَوجُ الكَلبَتَينِ ضَروبُ

In the nights when he was called Daysam, son of Ṣaqʿab,

Nights called Daisam, the son of Saq'ab

One who kept striking whatever the pair of tongs gripped.

When the husband of two bitches collected scraps

فَما لَكَ مِن كَعبٍ حَصاةٌ تَعُدُّها

فَما لَكَ مِن كَعبٍ حَصاةٌ تَعُدُّها

وَإِن قُلتَ مِن شِجعٍ فَأَنتَ كَذوبُ

وَإِن قُلتَ مِن شِجعٍ فَأَنتَ كَذوبُ

So you have no pebble from Kaʿb to count,

So you have no glorious ancestry to count

And if you say you are from Shijʿ, then you are an inveterate liar.

And if you claim to be from Shija', you are a liar

وَلَكِنَّ قَيناً حَمَّمَ الكيرُ أَنفَهُ

وَلَكِنَّ قَيناً حَمَّمَ الكيرُ أَنفَهُ

لَئيمُ المُحَيّا لِلِئامِ رَبيبُ

لَئيمُ المُحَيّا لِلِئامِ رَبيبُ

But rather a smith whose nose the bellows blackened—

But you are a slave who carried the pot, nose dripping

Ignoble of face, a fosterling of the ignoble.

A vile flatterer of vile patrons, a minion

إِذا حُصِّلَت كَعبٌ نَموا لِأَبيهِم

إِذا حُصِّلَت كَعبٌ نَموا لِأَبيهِم

فَطابوا وَإِن تُنسَب فَثَمَّ تَخيبُ

فَطابوا وَإِن تُنسَب فَثَمَّ تَخيبُ

When Kaʿb’s lineage is examined, they trace their descent to their father,

When ancestry is verified, they prosper

So they prove pure; and if your descent is traced, there you fail.

And if you claim it falsely, you are disgraced

فَما لَكَ في الرُكنَينِ حَقُّ حِجابَةٍ

فَما لَكَ في الرُكنَينِ حَقُّ حِجابَةٍ

وَلا لَكَ في صِهرِ النَبِيِّ نَصيبُ

وَلا لَكَ في صِهرِ النَبِيِّ نَصيبُ

So you have no right of custodianship at the two corners,

You have no right to guardianship at the Rukni

Nor have you any share in kinship by marriage with the Prophet.

Nor any share in the Prophet's kinship