تركتُ ابنَ خولةَ لا عن قِلىً

وإنّي لَكالكَلفِ الوامِقِ

I left Ibn Khawla not out of boredom

And I am to him like a towering palm tree

وإنّي له حافظٌ في المَغيبِ

أدين بما دانَ في الصَادقِ

And I am still his protector when absent

I owe what he owes to the Truthful

هو الحَبر حبرُ بني هاشمٍ

ونُورٌ من المَلِكِ الرازِقِ

He is the ink of the Hashemites

And a light from the Giving King

بهِ يُنعشُ اللهُ جمعَ العبادِ

ويُجري البلاغةَ في النَّاطِقِ

Through him Allah enlivens all people

And makes eloquence flow from the speaker

أتانَي بُرهانُه مُعْلَناً

فدِنتُ ولم أَكَ كالمائِقِ

His proof came to me openly

So I came near and was not like one who leaves

كمن صدَّ بعدَ بيانِ الهُدى

إلى حَبْتَرٍ وأبي حامِقِ

Like one who, after the clarity of guidance

Turns to nonsense and stupidity