1. قَبَحَ الإِلَهُ بَني بِجادٍ إِنَّهُم

    لا يُصلِحونَ وَما اِستَطاعوا أَفسَدوا

    May God disgrace the sons of Bijad, for they

    set nothing right, and ruin whatever they can.

  2. بُلُدُ الحَفيظَةِ واحِدٌ مَولاهُمُ

    جُمُدٌ عَلى مَن لَيسَ عَنهُ مُجمَدُ

    Sluggish in defending honor; their ally stands alone,

    stingy toward one from whom they should withhold nothing.

  3. أَغمارُ شُمطٍ لا تَثوبُ حُلومُهُم

    عِندَ الصَباحِ إِذا تَعودُ العُوَّدُ

    Grey-haired simpletons whose wits do not return

    at daybreak, when other wits return.

  4. فَإِذا تَقَطَّعَتِ الوَسائِلُ بَينَنا

    فَبِما جَنَت أَيديهِمُ فَليَبعَدوا

    So if the bonds between us are severed,

    it is for what their hands have wrought—away with them!

  5. مَن كانَ يَحمَدُ في القِرى ضِفانُهُ

    فَبَنو بِجادٍ في القِرى لَم يُحمَدوا

    Whoever may have won his guests’ praise for hospitality,

    the sons of Bijad have never been praised for theirs.