أَمُحَسِّنُ بنُ المِلحِ لا تَكُ تائِهاً

أَمُحَسِّنُ بنُ المِلحِ لا تَكُ تائِهاً

وَاِرجِع إِلى مِقدارِكَ المَعروفِ

وَاِرجِع إِلى مِقدارِكَ المَعروفِ

O Muhassin ibn al-Milh, do not be haughty,

O Amr son of salt, do not be arrogant,

and return to your known station.

And return to your known proper measure.

أَنتُم بَنو التَلبيسِ مُنذُ نَشَأتُم

أَنتُم بَنو التَلبيسِ مُنذُ نَشَأتُم

وَبَنو المَآزِرِ وَالثِيابِ الصوفِ

وَبَنو المَآزِرِ وَالثِيابِ الصوفِ

You are sons of deceit, since you first came into being,

You are the sons of deception since birth,

and sons of loincloths and woolen garments.

And sons of disgrace and woolen robes.

غَوغاءُ تَطَرَّحَ الصِيارِفُ نَقدَكُم

غَوغاءُ تَطَرَّحَ الصِيارِفُ نَقدَكُم

مِن بَهرَجانٍ فيكُمُ وَزيوفُ

مِن بَهرَجانٍ فيكُمُ وَزيوفُ

Rabble! The money changers cast aside your coinage,

The rabble threw away your coins

because of the counterfeit and debased coins among you.

Out of the frivolity and foolishness in you.

فَبِما تُنيهُ بِمِثلِ ذا النَسَبِ الدَني

فَبِما تُنيهُ بِمِثلِ ذا النَسَبِ الدَني

ءِ كَذا يَكونُ مُقاوِماً لِشَريفِ

ءِ كَذا يَكونُ مُقاوِماً لِشَريفِ

Then why do you boast of such base lineage?

So with what do you reproach one with such lowly lineage

Can one like this be a match for a nobleman?

Thus would he be an opponent to a noble one.