أَحَقّاً عَلى السُلطانِ أَمّا الَّذي لَهُ
فَيُعطى وَأَمّا ما يُرادُ فَيَمنَعُ
Is it right that what is owed to the ruler
is given him, while he withholds what is asked of him?
إِذا ما جَعلتُ الرَّملَ بَيني وَبَينَهُ
وَأَعرَضَ سَهبٌ بَينَ تَبرينَ بَلقَعُ
When I have put the sands between myself and him,
and a barren plain stretches wide amid Tabrin—
مِنَ الأَدمى لا يَستَجِمُّ بِها القَطا
تَكُلُّ الرِياحُ دونَها فَتَقَطَّعُ
a tract of al-Adma where sandgrouse find no rest,
and the winds tire short of it, then break apart—
فَشَأنَكُم يا آلَ مَروانَ فَاِطلُبوا
سِقاطي فَما فيهِ لِباغيهِ مَطمَعُ
then do as you will, O house of Marwan: seek
my downfall, for whoever seeks it has no hope of success.
وَما أَنا كَالعيرِ المُقيمِ لأَهلِهِ
عَلى القَيدِ في بَحبوحَةِ الضَيمِ يَرتَعُ
And I am not like the ass that stays with its owners,
tethered, grazing in the very midst of humiliation.
وَلَولا رَسولُ اللَّهِ أَن كانَ مِنكُم
تَبَيَّنَ مَن بِالنّصف يَرضى وَيَقنَعُ
And were it not that God's Messenger was one of you,
it would be clear who accepts fair treatment and is content.
Sol 6.1