أتَسكنُ بعد فراقِ السَّكَن

إلى وَسَنٍ لأطعمتَ الوَسَن

Do you dwell after parting from dwellings

To a spear whose blade you have fed?

وتُظهرُ صَبراً عَلى بُعدِهِ

وقلبُكَ في يَدِه مُرتَهَن

And show patience at his distance

While your heart in his hand is pledged?

تسرُّ سُروراً بما قد جَنَي

تَ وعُقبيَ سُروركَ هذا حَزَن

You are pleased with joy that you have reaped

And next, your joy is sorrow.

وخنتَ وما خانَ عَهد الهَوى

أتَرضَى خِيانَةَ مَن لم يَخُن

You betrayed, though the love pact betrayed not.

Are you pleased with the betrayal of one who betrayed not?

وهوَّنَت ما عزَّ مِن قَصدِه

وما عزَّ من قَصدِه لم يَهُن

You belittled what from his purpose was mighty

And what from his purpose was mighty did not weaken

فأنتَ وسُخطُ النَّوى والأسَى

وفقدُ العَزا أبَداً في قَرَن

So you and the grief of parting and sorrow

And loss of dignity are forever paired

إذا لم تَمُت جَزَعاً للفِرا

قِ ووَجداً لما أنتَ فيه فمَن

If you die not in grief for separation

And longing for what you suffer, then who?

ترحَّلتَ عن صُورَ لا مُكرَهاً

فمالَكَ تكثِرُ نَقرَ الزَّمَن

You departed from forms not unwillingly

So why do you multiply the pecking of time?

ستُصرَفُ عنكَ صُروفُ الز

مانِ ويَرفعُها رافعُ بن الحَسَن

The turns of time will be averted from you

And lifted up by He who lifted up ibn al-Hasan

فتىً تَدَّعيهِ مَواضي اليَرا

عِ وبيضُ السيُوفِ وسُمرُ اللُّدن

A youth claimed by the highlands of valor

And whiteness of swords and redness of blades

رأيتُ مَعالِيَهُ قَبلَهُ

سَماعاً يَقيناً فعَيني أذُن

I saw his merits ere hearing of him,

Seeing with certainty so my eye was an ear

يُمرُّ نَداهُ على القاصِدي

نَ ويحسَبُ للقاصِدين المِنَن

His fame passing by those who visit

And he counts gifts for those who visit