لَنِعمَ اِبن أُختِ القَومِ يَسجُنُ مُصعَب

لطارِقِ لَيلٍ خائِفٍ وَلنازِلِ

How excellent is Ibn aunt of the tribe imprisoning Mus'ab

For the knocker of a fearful night and the descenders

وَنِعمَ الفَتى يا اِبنَ الزُبَيرَ سجنتُم

إِذا قَلِقَت يَوماً صُقورُ الرَّحائِلِ

And how excellent is the young man O Ibn Az-Zubayr you imprisoned

When the hawks of traveling are restless one day

فَلَو مِتُّ في قَومي وَلَم آتِ عَجزة

يُضَعِّفُني فيها اِمرؤٌ غَيرُ عادِلِ

If I had died among my people and had not come to old age

To weaken me among them, a man who is not just

لأُكرِم بِها مِن ميتَةٍ إِن لَقيتُها

أُطاعِنُ فيها كُلَّ خِرقٍ مَنازِلِ

I would be honored by it from a death if I met it

I stab in it every torn robe

وَما كُنتُ أَخشى أَن أراني مُقَيَّداً

عَلى غَيرِ جُرمٍ وَسطَ بَكرِ بنِ وائِلِ

And I was not afraid that I would see myself chained

Without guilt amidst Bakr bin Wael

وَأَلفَيتَني يا اِبنَ الزُّبَيرِ كَأَنَّما

رُمِيتُ بِسَهمٍ مِن سِهامِكَ ناصِلِ

And you found me O Ibn Az-Zubayr as if

I was hit by an arrow from your piercing arrows

فَإِن أَنفَلَت لا تَجمَعِ الشَمس بَينَنا

وَلا اللَّيلُ إِلا في القَنا وَالقَنابِلِ

So if I slip away, the sun does not gather between us

Nor the night except in tents and tents

مَتى أَدَعُ فتيانَ الصَعاليكِ يَركَبوا

ظِماءَ الفُصوصِ نائِماتِ الأَباجِلِ

When will I let the young men of hooligans ride

Thirsty thoroughbreds, sleepy, slow

تُشَبِّهُها الطير السِّراعَ إِذا اِغتَدَت

بِفُرسانِها في السَّبسَبِ المُتَماحِلِ

Birds of prey resemble them when they are arrogant

With their horsemen in intertwined ornaments

تَطيرُ مَعَ الأَيدي إِذا اِرتَفَعَت بِها

شَمائِلُها أَلحقنَها بِالمَساحِلِ

They fly with the hands when they rise with them

Their images followed them to the plains

يَقودُ رِعانَ الخَيلِ بي وَبِصُحبَتي

كُمَيتُ الأَعالي بَربَرِيُّ الأَسافِلِ

He leads the reins of the horses with me and with my company

Kumayt Al-A'la, the Berber of the Lower

عَلَينا دِلاصٌ مِن تُراث مُحَرَّقٍ

وَتَركٍ جَلا عَنها مَداسُ الصَياقِلِ

Upon us are coats of mail from the inheritance of Muharraq

And neglect which the polishers deserted from it

وَمُطَّرِداتٌ مِن رماحِ رُدَينَةٍ

وَأَتراسِ جَونٍ عُلِّقَت بِالشَمائِلِ

And expelled from the spears of Rudaina

And shields of Jawn hung on the shoulders

فَلَو شِئتَ لَم تسجن صَديقاً وَلَم تُهَب

إِلَيكَ بِصَقعاءِ المَناكِبِ بازِلِ

If you wished, you would not imprison a friend and would not grant

To you in traceability the shoulders are declining