1. ما لِلفَرَزدَقِ مِن عِزٍّ يَلوذُ بِهِ

    إِلّا بَنو العَمِّ في أَيديهِمُ الخَشَبُ

    Al-Farazdaq has no strength to shelter behind

    except his paternal cousins, with wood in their hands.

  2. سيروا بَني العَمِّ فَالأَهوازُ مَنزِلُكُم

    وَنَهرُ تيرى فَلَم تَعرِفكُمُ العَرَبُ

    Go, paternal cousins, for Ahwaz is your home,

    and Nahr Tira; for the Arabs have not known you.

  3. الضارِبو النَخلَ لا تَنبو مَناجِلُهُم

    عَنِ العُذوقِ وَلا يُعيِيهِمُ الكَرَبُ

    Those who strike the palms—their sickles never glance off

    the date clusters, nor do the palm-frond bases weary them.