حُبّى لِإِغناءِ سَوّارٍ يُجَشِّمُني

خَوضَ الدُجى وَاِعتِسافَ المَهمَةِ البيدِ

My love for the songs of a necklace that pierces me

Plunging into darkness and confessing the painful secret

كَي لا تَهونَ عَلى الأَعمامِ حاجَتهُ

وَلا يُعَلَّلَ عَنها بِالمَواعيدِ

So that it does not become easy for the uncles to refuse him

Or make excuses that cannot be kept

وَلا يُوَلّيهِمُ إِن جاءَ يَسأَلُها

أَكتافَ مَعرَضَةٍ في العيسِ مَردودِ

And so they do not turn their backs on him if he comes asking

With shoulders turned away, rejected in dire poverty

إِذا بَكى قالَ مِنهُم ذو الحِفاظِ لَهُ

لَقَد بُليتَ بِخُلقٍ غَيرَ مَحمودِ

When he cries, the keeper says to him

You have truly been afflicted with undeserved misfortune