يا ساكني حلب العوا

صم جادها صوب الغمامه

O residents of Aleppo the lofty

Deafen its path towards the clouds

أنا في مدينتكم غري

ب لست من أهل الإقامه

I am a stranger in your city

But I'm not one to settle

والخان يحدث للغري

ب إذا أبن بن سآمه

And the Khan tells strangers

When Ibn Sama is bored

فقرضت من طول المقا

م بها وأعوزت المدامه

So I took from the long residence

In it and missed the bottle

وخرجت في بعض الليا

لي قاصداً باب السلامه

And I went out one night

Heading to the door of safety

وشربت من بئر بها

من يأتها ينقع أوامه

And I drank from a well in it

Whoever comes to it soaks his tent

ورتعت في فلواته

وعلوت مرتقياً أكامه

And I grazed in its wilderness

And ascended climbing its dunes

فلمحت في بعض الوها

د وقد قعدت سواد هامه

So I caught sight of in some of the lowlands

And she sat the black protector

فسعيت أحسبها غرا

باً أو حداة أو حمامه

So I tried, thinking she was

A cow or a nanny goat or a pigeon

وإذا بأسود كالفني

ق يقل إيراً كالدعامه

And lo a hyena as black as coal

Says little like a pillar

وإذا بشيخ تحته

حسن الوسامة والقسامه

And lo a Shaykh under it

Of good appearance and division

والشيخ يعصر تحته

قد بل من عرق حزامه

And the Shaykh squeezes underneath

He reached the sweat of his belt

فزجرت نايكه فقا

ل له ألست ترى مقامه

So I scolded his shepherd and he

Said to him, do you not see his position?

انهض فديتك علنا

نقضي بنهضتنا ذمامه

Get up for your sake, let's

Get our reins by your rise

ونعود بعد عزوبه

عنا وتربحنا خصامه

And return after separation

From us and make our dispute good

فسطا عليه وقال نك

لا كان ذاك ولا كرامه

So he jumped on him and said no

That was not the case nor honor

هذا الرقيع بعينه

لي في رقاعته علامه

This rug in particular

Is mine in its rug a mark

لولا فضول فيه لم

يصرف إلى دبري اهتمامه

Had it not been extra for him

He would not have turned his attention to my back

وبكى وقال لي امض وي

ك واسأل الله السلامه

And he cried and said to me, go

And ask God for safety

واشكره لما صار سر

مك لا يريد له صمامه

And thank him for what was

Your secret, he does not want a lock for it

واعلم بأني كنت من

أهل الرياسة والزعامه

And know that I was one

Of the people of leadership and leadership

يومى إلي إذا عبر

ت يقال ذا ابن أبي أسامه

My day when you pass

It is said this is the son of Abu Asama

حتى ابتليت بمعبري

فحصلت بين الناس شامه

Until I was tested with my passing

So I became a defamation among the people

فعجبت من تلك الفصا

حة وهو يعفج والعرامه

So I wondered at that clarity while he blah blah'd and the bats

A Shaykh who addresses me

شيخ له سمة تخا

طبني بألفاظ مقامه

With the words of his position

And the hyena drowns in his distraction

والأير يغرق في استه

قد غاب في مفساه قامه

Disappeared into his towering tent

So the Abyssinian laughed at

فتضاحك الحبشي من

ه وقال لا تسمع كلامه

Him and said do not listen to his talk

This and your living is the habit

هذا وعيشك دأبة

من قبل مبلغه احتلامه

Of one who reached puberty before him

He always competes with those distracted

أبدا يباري باسته

بين الورى صوب الغماه

Towards the clouds of sorrows

And took him from his back

واستله من دبره

وكأنه عنق النعامه

As if he were the ostrich's neck