تمنَّى رافعٌ بالغيبِ مَدحِي

وكلمني من أعنانِ السُّكَاكِ

A man of great ambition wished for my praise

And spoke to me from the reins of leadership

فقلتُ عَسى أبو درعٍ دَعاني

ليقعدني على عرشِ السِّمَاكِ

So I said, perhaps Abu Dar’a has called me

To seat me upon the throne of high command

وبلَّغَ بالمنى عشرينَ أَلفاً

وذلكَ بيعُ عِرضى بالهَلاكِ

And with wishes he reached twenty thousand

Selling his honor for destruction

فتى من سِرِّ قَيسٍ قدمتهَا

الى غيلانها قَد الشرَاكِ

A man from the elite of Qais who presented himself

To their clubs though unfit to enter

توسطَ من عبادةَ حيثُ أرسى

صميمُ العزِّ والحَسبِ الضِناكِ

He centered himself in Abadah when he stayed

At the essence of honor and fine pedigree

أَصُدُّ عن المطامعِ من سَبوبٍ

رأَى هدفَ الحِبالةِ والشِّبَاكِ

I repel from greed one who saw

The target of rope and net

تُهَضَّمُ نَبوَةُ الأيَّامِ منه

فتيت المسك يسحقُ بالمَدَاكِ

Prophecy of days crumbles through him

As musk is crushed at the mortar

اذا حَسَرَ القِناع وعلّ منه

خَبَا ضوءُ الغزالةِ وهو ذاكِ

When the veil lifts and he teaches

The gazelle’s light dims and that is him