1. أقولُ للركب قد حاكتْ أزْمَّتَها

    ركابُهُمْ من سُرى ليلٍ واِسْآدِ

    I say to the caravan, whose reins have been interwoven

    By their mounts through night journeys and unbroken night travel:

  2. ميلُ الرقاب على الأكوار تحسبهم

    بالجاشِريَّةِ شَرْباً غيرَ أوْغادِ

    Necks bent over the camel-saddles, you would take them

    For a company drinking morning wine, no base fellows.

  3. تأويبُهم وسُراهمْ من عَزائمهمْ

    أغْناهُمُ عنْ شَهيِّ الماءِ والزَّاد

    Their daylong marches and night journeys, born of their resolve,

    Have freed them from need of tempting water and provisions.

  4. بَلَغْتم وهُديتُمْ بلِّغو شَعَفي

    وفرْطَ شوقي إِلى سمع ابْن حمَّاد

    May you arrive and be guided—convey my passion

    And my overwhelming longing to the ears of Ibn Hammad,

  5. إِلى غَزيرِ النُّهى ملآنَ من كرَمٍ

    حازَ العُلى بين اِنجادٍ وارْفادِ

    To one rich in wisdom, brimming with generosity,

    Who attained the heights through succor and bounty,

  6. إِلى المُشار رئيس الدين مُتعمد ال

    عاني الطَّريد مَنار لروع والنادي

    To the renowned Ra'is al-Din, the one sought by the

    Captive outcast, a beacon in terror and in the assembly.

  7. ومنْ عجائبِ أيامي وشِدَّتِها

    فِراقُهُ رغْبةً في عْيش بَغْدادِ

    And among my days' strange turns and hardships is

    Parting from him out of desire for life in Baghdad.