1. بَني القَينِ هَلّا إِذ فَخَرتُم بِرَبعِكُم

    فَخَرتُم بِكيرٍ عِندَ بابِ اِبنِ جُندُعِ

    O sons of al-Qayn, why, when you boasted of your dwelling,

    did you not boast of a forge at the door of Ibn Junduʿ?

  2. بَناهُ أَبوكُم قَبلَ بِنيانِ دارِهِ

    بِحَرسٍ فَأَخفوا ذِكرَ قَينٍ مُدَفَّعِ

    Your father built it before building his own house

    at Ḥars; so conceal the mention of a spurned smith.

  3. وَأَلقوا رَمَدَ الكيرِ يَعرِفُ وَسطَكُم

    لَدى مَجلِسٍ مِنكُم لَئيمٍ وَمَفجَعِ

    And cast away the forge’s ashes: they recognize your midst,

    at a gathering of yours, ignoble and grievous.