يَقولونَ أَبناءُ البَعيرِ وَمالَهُ

يَقولونَ أَبناءُ البَعيرِ وَمالَهُ

سَنامٌ وَلا في ذِروَةِ المَجدِ غارِبُ

سَنامٌ وَلا في ذِروَةِ المَجدِ غارِبُ

The camel’s sons speak, yet it has no

They say the sons of camels and wealth,

hump, nor withers at the summit of glory.

Have a hump, but not at the peak of glory a rising star.

أَظَنَّت سَفاهاً مِن سَفاهَةِ رَأيِها

أَظَنَّت سَفاهاً مِن سَفاهَةِ رَأيِها

أَن أَهجُوَها لَمّا حَجَتني مُحارِبُ

أَن أَهجُوَها لَمّا حَجَتني مُحارِبُ

Did she foolishly suppose, in the folly of her judgment,

She foolishly thought in her foolish opinion,

that I would satirize her when Muharib assailed me?

That I would satirize her when she antagonized me as an adversary.

مَعاذَ إِلَهيَ إِنَّني بِعَشيرَتي

مَعاذَ إِلَهيَ إِنَّني بِعَشيرَتي

وَنَفسِيَ عَن ذاكَ المَقامِ لَراغِبُ

وَنَفسِيَ عَن ذاكَ المَقامِ لَراغِبُ

God be my refuge! I surely hold my clan

God forbid that I, my clan,

and myself above that station.

And my soul, shun that high rank.