كتبتُ والنَّائباتُ أُذنٌ

عليَّ في رُقعَتي وعينُ

I wrote, while the deputies lent an ear,

Keeping watch over me in my letter's every line,

تقولُ لي حاتِمٌ وأوسٌ

ولاَ أبو القاسِمِ الحُسَينُ

Saying to me, "Hatim and Aus,"

"Nor Abu'l-Qasim al-Husayn,"

لخَوفهِا أن يَطولَ بَيني

وبَينهَا من نَداك بَينُ

Fearing that between me

And them your call would make too long a stay.