كم تظن الظنونَ غيرَ مصيبِ

انَّ حسنَ الظنون سوءُ الحالِ

How much do you think vain thoughts hit not the mark!

Good thoughts in evil plight will naught avail.

تَغتدى ناقصَ الحظوظِ من الجَدْ

دِ وتمسى عند المُنى في كمالِ

By day the luckless dreams of fortune's guiles,

By night his hopes are crowned with full success;

أَجتنى شهدَها بظنى ولكنْ

نَ فمى من مذاقِها في خَيالِ

I won the taste of it in fancy's dream,

But when I woke no taste thereof remained.

فكأَنى في ذا وذاكَ بنو حم

دان يومَ الندى ويومَ النزالِ

So Benu Hamdan on the battle morn

And day of treaty show themselves as lions brave,

قتلوا مالَهم وكانوا على الاب

طال شراً منهم على الاموالِ

Their wealth they sacrifice, themselves they give

More lavishly than gifts of mine and goods.