رَدَّكَ مَروانُ لا تُفسَخ إِمارَتُهُ

فَفيكَ راعٍ لَها ما عِشتَ سُرسورُ

Marwan restored you, his rule shall not unravel,

So long as you live, you will watch over it contentedly,

ما بالُ بَردِكَ لَم يَمسَس حَواشيَهُ

مِن ثَرمَداء وَلا صَنعاءَ تَحبيرُ

Why has not your cold touched its fringes,

Neither Tharmada nor Sanaa could chill it,

وَلَو دَرى أَنَّ ما جاهَرتَني ظَهَراً

ما عُدتُ ما لألأَت أَذنابَها الفُورُ

Had he known what you declared openly to me,

Those tails of his would not return to stir up turmoil,

زَورٌ مُغِبٌّ وَمأمولٌ أَخو ثِقَةٍ

وَسائرٌ مِن ثَناءِ الصِّدقِ مَشهورُ

A mendacious hope, brother to trust,

And proceeding from the praise of truth, renowned,

إِذ لا حِجازَ لَنا إِلا مُقَوَّمَةٌ

زُرقُ الأسِنَّةِ والجردُ المَحاضيرُ

For we have no Hijaz left but well-supported,

The tongues are nimble, and the scribing pens ready,

يُعشي الجَبانَ شُعاعٌ في قوانِسها

إِذا تَجلّلَها الشُّعث المَغاويرُ

A ray shines on the coward in his keeps

When the disheveled locks of hair appear to him,

قَد نَكَّلَ النّاسَ عنّا في مَواطِننا

ضَربُ الرؤوسِ التي فيها العَصافيرُ

People have abandoned us in our dwellings

Striking the heads in which are the little birds,

إِذا سَنابِكُها أَثرنَ مُغتَبَطاً

مِنَ التُّرابِ كبت فيها الأَعاصيرُ

When its latticed windows please one exultant

From the dust that buried the gales in them.