كَبْرَت عليهم إنها لكبيرةٌ

منصوبَةٌ عَلَماً على التمييز

It was too great a burden for them, erected high as a banner for distinction,

So the hands of Sheba scattered in carrying it, though discord among people is no prize.

فتفرّقوا أيدي سبأ في حملها

والخُلْفُ بين النّاس غير عزيز

For some of them it is an adornment, while for others, an approach to refinement.

As for the Benu Wurgummah, their jurisprudent did not establish his doctrine on permissiveness.

فعلى فريق مِنْهُمُ هي مُثْلَةٌ

ولبعضهم زُلفى إلى التبريز

Therefore, O protector, be informed that he who comes to you in a sanctuary will have sanctuary.

So grant him sanctuary from zeal and from spite through it, no matter the condition of the criticized or the criticizer.

أما بنو ورغمَّة فَفَقَيهُهُمْ

لم يَجْر مَذْهَبُه على التجويز

You remain a cave, resorted to through your glory, where every dear one attains more than his goal.

فلذاك أَمَّ حِمَاكَ عِلْماً أنّ مَنْ

يأتيه في حِرْزٍ هناك حريزِ

فَأَجِرْهُ من هَمْزٍ ومن لَمْزٍ بها

ما حالة الملموز والمهموز

لا زلتمُ كهفاً يُلاَذُ بمجدكم

فينال فوق القصد كلَّ عزيز