وَلَمّا دَخَلتُ السِجنَ يا أُمِّ مالِكٍ

ذَكَرتُكِ والأَطرافُ في حَلَقٍ سُمرِ

When I entered the prison, O mother of Malik

I remembered you, while the shackles encircled my neck

وَعِندَ سَعيدٍ غَيرَ أَن لَم أُبَح بِهِ

ذَكَرتُكِ إِنَّ الأَمرَ يُذكَرُ بالأَمرِ

And with Sa'eed, though I did not confess it to him

I remembered you, truly a thing is recalled by its like