أَلَم تَعلَمي مَن قَد صَبَرتُ خِلافَهُ

فَتَعتَبِري لَو أَنَّ لُبَّكِ نافِعُ

Do you not know whom I have had patience against

So take heed, if your heart had any benefit

أَلَم تَعلَمي عَمراً وَسُفيانَ قَبلَهُ

وَضَمرةُ أَمسى فاتَني وَمَسافِعُ

Do you not know Umar and Sufyan before him

And Damrah who passed away from me yesterday and defenders

أَفاضِلُ مِن وَهبٍ وَأَبناءِ عائِدٍ

وَمِن آلِ نَصرٍ صارِخٌ مُتَتابَعُ

The best of Wahb and the sons of returning

And from the family of Nasr a continuous shouter

أولَئِكَ لا أَنتُنَّ كانوا فَوارِسي

بِهُم كُنتُ اِستَخسي العِدى وَأَدافعُ

They were not soft, they were my knights

With them I would diminish the enemies and defend

وَقارَبتُ في أِشياءَ لَو أَنَّهُم مَعي

لِباعَدتُ حَتّى تَستَقيمَ التَوابِعُ

And I approached things, if only they were with me

I would have distanced until things aligned

فَلَيَّنَ مِنى الكاشِحونَ خلافَهُم

فَأصبَحتُ لا أُعطي وَلا أَنا مانِعُ

So those opposing me softened against them

And I became, neither giving nor preventing

وأَصبَحتُ أَرفي الشانئينَ رُفاهُمُ

لِيَربُوَ طِفلٌ أَو لِيُجبَرَ ظالِعُ

And I became raising the condition of the slanderers

So a child may grow or a rising may be mended

وَهَمَّ بِنا لَولا إِباءٌ عَلَيهُمُ

بَنو عَمِّنا إِذ زَعزَعَتنا الزَعازِعُ

And they thought of us, if not for refusal against them

The sons of our uncle when we were shaken by adversities