1. Alas! Why does my heart not desist from passion
Though they claimed that hearts are apt to change

2. Pale-faced one, I find no solace in wine
So I drink, but find no joy in singers

3. If you do not see Duhul yearning for you
Then attribute to him another lineage

4. As for the clan of Qais, their wine is plentiful
But the people's coins are as rare as stars

5. The chief of Lat's Taym beneath his food
Is a rodent, but in battle a fox

6. Glory to Lujaym and Qaswaran whose
Tusks and claws are gone, no fang or talon remains

7. Most disgraced are those visited by Duba'a
They are reptiles to whom no veiled one proposed

8. Eunuchs thank them for the honor
Can the castrated attain glory in seclusion?

9. Ibn Hatim has increased the nobility of Iraq
As the adorned one exalted the East and West

10. The hand of the generous Rawh son of Hatim
Blessed me with a kingdom in a generous and pleasing hand

11. Seek him in the morning, he is the sought
The seeker of your best friend is the sought