1. أَلا مَن مُبلِغٌ عَنّي خِراشاً

    وَقَد يَأتيكَ بِالنَبَإِ البَعيدُ

    Listen! Who will carry a message from me to Khirash?

    And one far away may bring you news.

  2. وَقَد يَأتيكَ بِالأَخبارِ مَن لا

    تُجَهِّزُ بِالحِذاءِ وَلا تُزيدُ

    And tidings may reach you through someone you do not

    equip with shoes or supply with provisions.

  3. يُناديهِ لِيَغبِقَهُ كُلَيبٌ

    وَلا يأتي لَقَد سَفِهَ الوَليدُ

    Kulayb calls him to give him his evening drink,

    but he does not come: the boy has indeed acted foolishly.

  4. فَرَدَّ إِناءَهُ لا شَيءَ فيهِ

    كَأَنَّ دُموعَ عَينَيهِ الفَريدُ

    So he returned his vessel, with nothing in it;

    as though the tears of his eyes were pearls.

  5. وَأَصبَحَ دونَ غابِقِهِ وَأَمسى

    جِبالٌ مِن حِرارِ الشامِ سودُ

    And morning and evening, between him and the giver of his evening drink stood

    black mountains of the lava fields of al-Sham.

  6. أَلا فَاِعلَم خِراشُ بِأَنَّ خَيرَ ال

    مُهاجِرِ بَعدَ هِجرَتِهِ زَهيدُ

    Listen, then, Khirash: know that the good of the

    emigrant after his emigration is scant.

  7. فَإِنَّكَ وَاِبتِغاءَ البِرِّ بَعدي

    كَمَخضوبِ اللَبانِ وَلا يَصيدُ

    For you, in seeking righteousness after me,

    are like one with a stained breast who catches no prey.