وَلَقَد رَأَيتُكِ في النِساءِ فَسُؤتِني

وَلَقَد رَأَيتُكِ في النِساءِ فَسُؤتِني

وَأَبا بَنيكِ فَساءَني في المَجلِسِ

وَأَبا بَنيكِ فَساءَني في المَجلِسِ

Indeed, I saw you among the women, and you displeased me;

I saw you among the women, so you vexed me

and I saw your sons' father, who displeased me in the gathering.

And your refusal, my son, pained me in the assembly

إِنَّ الذَليلَ لَمَن تَزورُ رِكابُهُ

إِنَّ الذَليلَ لَمَن تَزورُ رِكابُهُ

رَهطَ اِبنِ جَحشٍ في مَضيقِ المَحبَسِ

رَهطَ اِبنِ جَحشٍ في مَضيقِ المَحبَسِ

Truly abased is he whose riding camels visit

The humiliated are those whose abodes you visit

Ibn Jahsh's clan in the cramped place of confinement.

The clan of Ibn Jachsh confined in prison

لا يَصبِرونَ وَلا تَزالُ نِسائُهُم

لا يَصبِرونَ وَلا تَزالُ نِسائُهُم

تَشكو الهَوانَ إِلى البَئيسِ الأَبأَسِ

تَشكو الهَوانَ إِلى البَئيسِ الأَبأَسِ

They do not stand firm, and their women never cease

They cannot endure while their women

complaining of humiliation to the wretched, most wretched man.

Still complain of disgrace to the feeble enemy

رَهطُ اِبنِ جَحشٍ في الخُطوبِ أَذِلَّةٌ

رَهطُ اِبنِ جَحشٍ في الخُطوبِ أَذِلَّةٌ

دُسمُ الثِيابِ قَناتُهُم لَم تُضرَسِ

دُسمُ الثِيابِ قَناتُهُم لَم تُضرَسِ

Ibn Jahsh's clansmen are abased in adversity.

The clan of Ibn Jachsh in misfortunes are subdued

Their clothes are grease-stained; their spear-shaft has not been notched

Their clothes reek yet their noses remain upturned

بِالهَمزِ مِن طولِ الثِقافِ وَجارُهُم

بِالهَمزِ مِن طولِ الثِقافِ وَجارُهُم

يُعطي الظُلامَةَ في الخُطوبِ الحُوَّسِ

يُعطي الظُلامَةَ في الخُطوبِ الحُوَّسِ

by prolonged pressure in the straightener; and their neighbor

With sneering from the length of their slavery, their neighbor

yields to injustice amid ravaging calamities.

Gives darkness in disasters, a guarded gloom

قَبَحَ الإِلَهُ قَبيلَةً لَم يَمنَعوا

قَبَحَ الإِلَهُ قَبيلَةً لَم يَمنَعوا

يَومَ المُجَيمِرِ جارَهُم مِن فَقعَسِ

يَومَ المُجَيمِرِ جارَهُم مِن فَقعَسِ

May God disgrace a tribe that did not defend

Cursed by God is the tribe who did not prevent

their neighbor against Faqʿas on the day of al-Mujaymir.

On the day of Mujaimir their neighbor from weakness

تَرَكوا النِساءَ مَعَ الجِيادِ لِمَعشَرٍ

تَرَكوا النِساءَ مَعَ الجِيادِ لِمَعشَرٍ

شُمسِ العَداوَةِ في الحُروبِ الشُوَّسِ

شُمسِ العَداوَةِ في الحُروبِ الشُوَّسِ

They abandoned the women along with the steeds to a people

They left the women with the steeds for a people

untamed in enmity amid raging wars.

The sun of enmity in fierce, unceasing wars

أَبلِغ بَني عَبسٍ بِأَنَّ نِجارَهُم

أَبلِغ بَني عَبسٍ بِأَنَّ نِجارَهُم

لُؤمٌ وَأَنَّ أَباهُمُ كَالهِجرِسِ

لُؤمٌ وَأَنَّ أَباهُمُ كَالهِجرِسِ

Tell the sons of ʿAbs that their stock

Inform the Bani Abs that their carpenter

is base, and that their father is like a monkey:

Is vile and that their father is like a mighty, bellowing bull

يُعطي الخَسيسَةَ راغِماً مَن رامَها

يُعطي الخَسيسَةَ راغِماً مَن رامَها

بِالضَيمِ بَعدَ تَكَلُّحٍ وَتَعَبُّسِ

بِالضَيمِ بَعدَ تَكَلُّحٍ وَتَعَبُّسِ

he grants a degrading concession, against his will, to whoever demands it

Who yields the despised one defiantly when he desires her

through oppression, after baring his teeth and scowling.

With injustice after dryness and frowning