عَلى بابِكُم يا آلَ رُزّيكَ شاعِرٌ

قَنوعٌ كَفاهُ مِنكُمُ الوِدُّ وَالبِشرُ

At your door O family of Ruzzik, there is a poet

Content with your friendship and greeting

وَقَد رَدَّهُ البَوّابُ جَهلاً بِوَجهِهِ

كَما رَدَّها يَوماً بِسَوأَتِهِ عَمرو

Yet the gatekeeper turned him away in ignorance of his face

As he once turned away Amr in his poverty

تَمَنيتُكُم حَتّى إِذا ما قَرَبتُمُ

بَعُدتُم وَما بَيني وَبَينَكُم شِبرُ

I longed for you until when I drew near

You kept your distance and there was but a handspan between us

وَقَد كانَ مُشتاقاً إِلَيَّ طَلائِعٌ

فَوا عَجَباً لِمَ قَد أَبى صُحبَتي بَدرُ

And dawn welcoming me were yearning for me

How Strange then that Badr spurned my company

وَحَتّى حُسَينٌ وَهُوَ سَيِّدُ مَذهَبي

زَوى وَجهَهُ عَنّي كَأَنَّنِيَ الشِمرُ

Even Husain, the master of my doctrine

Turned his face from me as if I were Shimr

وَزادَ عَلَيَّ الدَهرُ بُخلَ مُحَمَّدٍ

عَلى أَنَّهُ في كُلِّ أُنمُلَةٍ بَحرُ

And time increased over me the stinginess of Muhammad

Even though he is an ocean in every fingertip

وَما كُلُّ ماضٍ كَالحُسامِ لَدى الوَغى

وَلا كُلُّ مِصرٍ في جَلالَتِها مِصرُ

Not all are swordsmen in the fray like Al-Husam

Nor all lands in their majesty like Egypt

وَلَكِنَّ عِزَ الدينِ قَد نابَ عَنهُم

فَتىً قَد تَساوى عِندَهُ التِبنُ وَالتِبرُ

But honor parted from them, spurning

One to whom straw and gold were equal