وَأَمسى مَوهَبٌ كَحِمارِ سَوءٍ

وَأَمسى مَوهَبٌ كَحِمارِ سَوءٍ

أَجازَ بِبَلدَةٍ فيها يُنادى

أَجازَ بِبَلدَةٍ فيها يُنادى

And Mawhab became like a wretched donkey,

And a boon has passed like a donkey of ill omen

That passed through a town where it is called out to.

Through a village in which is called out

فَإِنَ العَبدَ مِثلَكَ لا يُناوى

فَإِنَ العَبدَ مِثلَكَ لا يُناوى

سُهَيلاً ضَلَّ سَعيُكَ مَن تُعادى

سُهَيلاً ضَلَّ سَعيُكَ مَن تُعادى

For a slave like you cannot rival

The likes of you, slave, are not to be trusted

Suhayl—your striving has gone astray! Whom do you oppose?

Oh Suhayl you have strayed from your path, shun those you hate

فَأَقصِر يابنَ قَينِ السوءِ عَنهُ

فَأَقصِر يابنَ قَينِ السوءِ عَنهُ

وَعَدِّ عَن المَقالَةِ في البِلادِ

وَعَدِّ عَن المَقالَةِ في البِلادِ

So leave him alone, son of a vile smith,

So desist, O son of Qayn the evil, from him

And turn away from such talk throughout the land.

And refrain from speaking in the lands

وَلا تَذكُر عِتابَ أَبي يَزيدٍ

وَلا تَذكُر عِتابَ أَبي يَزيدٍ

فَهَيهاتَ البُحورُ مِن الثِمادِ

فَهَيهاتَ البُحورُ مِن الثِمادِ

And do not speak of reproaching Abu Yazid,

And mention not the reproach of my father Yazeed

For how far the seas are from shallow pools!

Alas, the seas are not sated from the thirst