1. I rushed to the impudent man with the pace of a quick runner
A vile, wicked man to the helpless and excused

2. So I said to him, though I saw nothing: “I have a need
Choked between strangulation and the throat”

3. When he saw my colour change, I rebuked him
And said: “Draw water, we both are on an ocean”

4. Does not Abu Is’haq have enough wealth for us
So he benefits Qais and I benefit Bakr

5. He sang with the marks of beauty until he mocked me
And the ground beneath us nearly flowed