أَرَّقَنِي طارِقُ هَمٍّ أَرَقَا

وَرَكْضُ غِرْبانٍ غَدَوْنَ نُغَّقَا

A sleepless anxiety has robbed me

Cawing ravens disturb me at dawn

هَيَّجْنَ شَوْقاً وَمَحَلٌّ شَوَّقا

كَالبُرْدِ أَبْلَى لِفْقَهُ المُلَفَّقا

They arouse longing, and a place arouses longing

The shivering cold made his wrap shreds

سَحْقُ البِلَى جِدَّتَهُ فَأَسْحَقا

وَقَدْ نَرَى بِالدارِ عَيْشاً دَغْفَقا

May the shredding destroy his gown, indeed

We see a life of ease has become disturbed

إِذْ حُبُّ أَرْوَى يَشْعَف المُؤَنَّقا

مَيَّالَةٌ تَرْتَجُّ إِرْعادَ النَقَا

When the love of meadows ravishes the shepherd

A rumbling cloud in the horizon thundering

بِوَعْث أَرْدافٍ مَلأْنَ المِنْطَقا

وَقَدْ تُرِيك البَرْقَ فِيمَن أَبْرَقا

With a herd that filled the valley

You see lightning in the flashes

إِذْ تَسْتَبِي الهَيَّابَةَ المُرَهَّقا

بِمُقْلَتَيْ رِيمٍ وَجِيد أَرْشَقَا

When you seek rain from a wrung out cloud

With the blink of a pouring rain and a face that glistened

وَقَدْ تَرَانِي مَرِحاً مُفَنَّقا

زِيراً أُمَانِي وُدَّ مَنْ تَوَمَّقا

And you see me frolicking, enchanted

Hissing with passions of a beloved who peered

راحاً إِذَا رَوَّحْتَهُ تَشَمَّقَا

أَجُرُّ خَزّاً خَطِلاً وَنَرْمَقا

Resting when you let him rest appeased

I frolic foolishly and naively

إِنَّ لِرَيْعانِ الشَبابِ غَيْهَقا

كَأَنَّ بِي مِن أَلقِ جِنٍّ أَوْلَقَا

Indeed, the rashness of youth is madness

As if there is in me an afflicted demon

وَلا أُحِبُّ الخُلُقَ المُمَذَّقا

وَالغِرُّ مَغْرُورٌ وَإِنْ تَلَهوَقا

I do not love artificial manners

The proud is deluded even if he is distinguished

وَشَرُّ أَلَّافِ الصِبَا مَنْ آنَقا

بَل أَبْصَرَتْ شَيْخاً وَنَى وَأَشْفَقَا

The evilest of youth peers are those who are effeminate

But she saw an old man who turned away and pitied

وَاضْطَرَبَ الدَهْرُ بِهِ فَرَقَّقا

وَالدَهْرُ إِنْ لَمْ يُبْلِ طُولاً عَوَّقا

The times were disturbed for his sake, saddened

If time does not last long it would madden

إِذَا اجْتَلَى رَأْسَ هِلالٍ مَحَقا

فَسَبَحَ الدَهْرُ بِهِ وَعَفَقا

When the crescent of a new moon vanishes

So time took its course and missed him

إِذا الجَديدانِ استَدارا أَلحَقا

بِالأَوَّلينَ الآخِرينَ رُفَقا

When the new ones succeed the old

They join the early generations calmly

إِذَا الجَدِيدَانِ بِهِ وانْطَلَقا

وَلا يُجِدَّان إِذَا ما أَخْلَقا

When the two new ones depart in it (time)

Unable to find when they perish

وَلَوْ يَبِيعَان الشَباب أَنْفَقا

وَالشَيْبُ لا سُوقَ لَهْ إِنْ سُوِّقا

If only they could sell their youth, they would spend it

While gray hair has no market even if it is peddled

مَنْ سَامَهُ سُبَّ بِهِ وَأخْفَقا

وَإِنْ هُمَا بَيْنَ الجَمِيعِ فَرَّقا

He who encounters it is dispraised and fails

If they were to distinguish between people they would separate

فُرْقَةَ مَوْتٍ أَبْعَدَا وَأَسْحَقا

بَلْ بَلَدٍ يُكْسَى الشَعاعَ الأَبْهَقَا

The separation of death, loss and perdition

To a country cloaked with the yellow mirage

مِنَ السَرابِ وَالقَتَام الأَعْبَقا

إِذَا رَمَى فِيهِ البَصِيرُ اغْرَوْرَقَا

And the darkest gloom

When the seeing casts his eye there it sparks

فِي العَيْنِ مَهْوَى ذِي حِدابٍ أَخْوَقا

إِذَا المَهَارَى اجْتَبْنَهُ تَخَرَّقا

A pit he desires with high sides

When the skilled ones select it they tear

عَنْ طامِس الأَعْلامِ أَوْ تَخَوَّفا

كَأَنَّما شَقَّقْن رَيْطاً يَقَقا

To uncover the hidden glories or they are cautious

As if they tore a patch reveals

عَنْ ظَهْرِ عُرْيان المَعَارِي أَعْمَقا

أَمَقَّ بِالرَكْبِ إِذَا تَمَقَّقا

The bare back of a sand dune deeper

It slopes when the riders ascend zigzag

إِذَا الحَصَا بَعْد الوَجِيف أَعْنَقَا

مُنْتَشِراً فِي البِيدِ أَوْ تَطَرَّقا

When the late morn arrives the breastplates sound

Spreading in the expanse or seeping

سامَيْنَ مِن أَعْلامِهِ ما ادْرَنْفَقا

وَمِنْ حَوابِي رَمْلِهِ مُنَطَّقا

Elevated above the signs that guide

And its wavy slopes speak gibberish

عُجْماً تُغَنِّي جِنُّهُ بِبَيْهَقا

كَأَنَّ لَعَّابِينَ زارُوا هَفْتَقا

As if playful demons visited last night meandering

Their singing echoed in the still darkness

رَنَّتُهُمْ فِي لُجِّ لَيْلٍ سَرْدَقا

وَإِنْ عَلَوا مِنْ فَيْفِ خَرْقٍ فَيْهَقَا

If they ascend from a torn piece of cloth, it tears

He meets the ground muddy and turbid

أَلْفَى بِهِ الأَرْضَ غَدِيراً دَيْسَقا

ضَحْلاً إِذَا رَقْراقُهُ تَرَقْرَقا

When its bubbles bubble forth

When lightning hides, you would think

إِذَا اسْتَخَفَّ اللامِعاتِ الخُفَّقا

حَسِبْتَ فِي جَوْفِ القَتام الأَبْرَقا

Like a revolving planet, the moon wanders

Widowed or patching rags

كَفَلْكَةِ الطاوِي أَدار الشَهْرَقا

أَرْمَلَ قُطْناً أَوْ يُسَدِّي خَشْتَقا

While the slaves fear the cracking whips

As if their chests are tightly fastened

وَالعِيسُ يَحْذَرْنَ السِيَاطَ المُشَّقا

كَأَنَّ بِالأَقْتادِ ساجاً عَوْهَقا

In water they separate the thick foam with fingers

Shooting with them pearls

فِي الماءِ يَفْرُقْنَ العُبابَ الغَلْفَقا

ضَوابعاً تَرْمِي بِهِنَّ الرَزْدَقا

Bent like a she-camel impregnated

Or a rescue by Damascus

عُوجاً تُبَارِي ناعِجاً مُنَوَّقا

أَعْيَسَ مَحْضاً أَوْ نَجَاةً دَمْشَقا

As if my chests collided with a boat

Rambling or neighing of an ostrich in heat

كَأَنَّ أَقْتادِي جَلَزْنَ زَوْرَقَا

أَزَلَّ أَوْ هَيْقَ نَعام أَهْيَقا

Or a Najdi camel with a swaying walk

A hybrid with a ruddy complexion and smooth

أَوْ أَخْدَرِيّاً بِالثَمانِي سَهْوَقا

ذا جُدَد أَكْدَر أَوْ تَزَهْلَقا

Its movement makes it slip

As if its carrier borrowed ornamentation

كَأَنَّ مَتْنَيْه اسْتَعَارَا أَبَقا

قَدْ لاحَه التَجْوالُ حَتَّى أَحْنَقا

Worn by persistent roaming until it became emaciated

In suffering that casts aside the baby camels

فِي عَانَةٍ تُلْقِي النَسِيلَ عِقَقا

قَدْ طارَ عَنْهَا فِي المَرَاغِ مِزَقا

Running in illness or stumbling

A nude palm tree shedding its clothing in shreds

جُرْدٍ سَماحِيجَ وَأَلْقَى في اللَقا

عَنْهُ قَمِيصاً طارَ أَوْ تَفَتَّقا

Or a shirt that tore and ripped

On an Iraqi from Hirah with a short neck

عَنْ هَرَوِيٍّ مِنْ هَرَاة اخْلَوْلَقَا

وَبَطَّنَتْهُ تَحْتَ ما تَشَبْرَقا

Its lining is underneath what glistened

From the smooth edges of fabric lighter in color

مِنْ مَزْقِ مَصْقُول الحَوَاشِي أَخْلَقا

مُوَشَّحَ التَبْطِينِ أَوْ مُبَنَّقا

Or a double lined elegant soft cloak

Projecting from the core of a well-bred she-camel of delicate build

تَرَبَّعَتْ مِنْ صُلْبِ رَهْبَى أَنَقَا

ظَواهِراً مَرّاً وَرَوْضاً غَدَقا

With a pure white exterior and a pasture overflowing

And a shriek from both voice boxes shrieking

وَمِنْ قَيَاقِي الصُوَّتَيْنِ قِيَقا

صُهْباً وَقُرْياناً تُناصِي قَرقَا

Rabble and carrion to match the cawing of crows

And from two fearing suburbs, lightning

وَمِنْ ضَوَاحِي وَاحِفَيْنِ بُرَقا

إِلَى مِعَا الخَلْصَاءِ حِينَ ابْرَنْشَقا

Until when they mixed in private, they glistened

If tiredness tended them they would be gentle

وَإِنْ رَعَاها العَرْكُ أَوْ تَأَنَّقا

طاوَعْنَ شَلَّالاً لَهُنَّ مِعْفَقا

They complied with a torrent flooding them

Remaining are clefts and remaining are rings

أَبْقَت أَخادِيدَ وَأَبْقَتْ حَلَقا

بِصَحْصَحَانِ مُطْرِقٍ وَفِلَقا

With the echo of a pick axe and splinters

From the solid surface of a basin inverted

مِنْ جُمْدِ حَوْضى وَصَفِيحاً مُطْرَقا

بِكُلِّ مَوْقُوع النُسُور أَوْرَقا

Where eagles land and stamp

A packed crowd pushes the slippery rocks

لأْمٍ يَدُقُّ الحَجَرَ المُدَملَقا

حَتَّى إِذَا ماءُ القِلاتِ رَنَّقا

Until when the downpour irrigated and saturated

From the cool overflow which glistened

وَشَاكَلَت أَبْوالُهُنَّ الزَنْبَقا

وَمَلَّ مَرْعَاها الوَشِيجَ الخَرْبَقا

A sip that makes the fleet-footed does forget

It marched in the train of a dark night

وَنَتَقَ الهَيْفُ السَفا فَاسْتَنْتَقا

مالاثَ مِن ناصِلِهِ وَحَزَقا

Nor do you see time violating tenderly

With greater jealousy and attachment

وَاصْفَرَّ مِنْ حُجْرانِهِ ما أَذْرَقا

وَحَتَّ فِيمَا حَتَّ إِذْ تَحَرَّقا

Nor more passionate if they become estranged

A beloved intimacy enduring what they inducted

قِلْقِلَهُ الضاحِي وَحَتَّ البَرْوَقا

وَمَجَّتِ الشَمْسُ عَلَيْهِ رَوْنَقا

A pleasure constantly peering from them

Leave this and return to confused speech more confusing

إِذَا كَسَا ظاهِرَهُ تَلَهَّقا

وَنَشَرَتْ فِيهِ الحَرُورُ سَرَقا

Expressing the words of a nomad and more truthful:

We are a people who do not die separate

حَتَّى إِذَا زَوْزَى الزَيَازِي هَزَّقا

وَلَفَّ سِدْرَ الهَجَرَيْنِ حِزَقا

When the flames of conflict flare

Blows scatter limbs and markets

راحَ بِهَا فِي هَبْوةٍ مُسْتَنْهِقا

كَأَنَّما اقْتَرَّ نَشُوقاً مُنْشَقا

And zeal flies segments dispersed

If an enemy exhausted his trickery to the utmost

مِنْ غَلْوَةٍ بِالرِيقِ حَتَّى يَشْرَقا

أَفْلَحَ نَشَّاجٌ إِذَا تَشَهَّقا

We defeated him with hate until he weakened and gave in

So today my tongue has been freed

أَلْقَى عَلَيْهَا صِلْدَماً مُعَرَّقا

كَأَنَّ نَوْطاً ناطَهُ مُعَلَّقَا

A victory from God and a light illuminated

And a craving aroused my poetry without any merit

يُغْشِيهِ مِنْ أَكْفالِهِنَّ المَزْلَقا

أَوْ فَكَّ حِنْوَيْ قَتَبٍ تَفَلَّقا

If he saw me, whatever was created would be defective

He would die if he were the son of sod

إِذَا تَبادَرْنَ الثَنَايَا عَرَقا

مُسْتَوْئِراتٍ عُصَباً وَنَسَقا

I have let the poets taste my stings, the bad and the worthless

From me, whenever they wanted a guided invective

جَدَّ وَلا يَحْمَدْنَهُ أَنْ يَلْحَقا

أَقْبُّ قَهْقاهٌ إِذَا مَا هَقْهَقا

Until their watchdog started yelping pointlessly

A dog barks not unless frightened

نَيَّبَ فِي أَكْفالِها فَأَزْعَقَا

نَهْساً يَدَمِّيهِنَّ حَتَّى أَفْرَقا

The barking of dogs when the lion attacked frightened

With a blink that ignites wicks of blue

وَإِنْ أَثارَتْ مِنْ رِياغٍ سَمْلَقا

تهْوِي حَوامِيها بِهِ مُذَلَّقا

You see for him flecks and moisture

A simmering broth and a ditch

وَلا يُرِيدُ الوِرْدَ إِلَّا حَقْحَقا

ناجٍ مِسَحٌّ آمِنٌ أَنْ يُسْبَقا

And a poet I impoverished so he crumbled

Who throws an arrow above the arrows

مَعْجاً وَإِن أَغْرَقْنَ شَدّاً أَغْرَقَا

يَجِدْنَهُ فِي وَلْقِهِنَّ مِيلَقا

And he came to me saying that an stupid slave

Seeking to control a subject and stick to her

أَبْقَى إِذَا طاوَلْنَهُ وَأنْزَقَا

مِذْءاً مِخَدّاً فِي الجِراءِ مِسْحَقَا

Threatens me, and if he comes nearer I will finish him off

In the rope of an executioner who tightens the noose

كَأَنَّمَا هَيَّجَ حِين أَطْلَقا

مِنْ ذات أَسْلامٍ عِصِيّاً شِقَقا

Without slackening if he ties firmly

Like the padlock of a Roman, no even more secured

مِنْ سَيْسَبانٍ أَوْ قَناً تَمَشَّقا

يَضْرحْنَ مِنْ ثَوْبِ العَجاجِ خِرَقَا

The edges of youth prevent it from clattering

From the bite of carping that repeals the adversary

قَساطِلاً مَرّاً وَمَرّاً صِيَقَا

يَغْزُونَ مِنْ فِرْياضَ سَيْحاً دَيْسَقا

If the frowning foreheads knit frequently

They meet my columns, a wall that slants

فَوَجَد الحَايِشَ فِيمَا أَحْدَقا

قَفْراً مِنَ الرامِينَ إِذْ تَوَدَّقا

Turning away from dim-witted feebleness more dim-witted

When he contorts in it the snarling increases

حَتَّى إِذَا الرِيُّ سَقاها وَاسْتَقا

مِنْ بارِدِ الغَيْضِ الَّذِي تَمَهَّقا

Its clamor rises when the jaws meet

A bare head where baldness slides down

جَرْعاً يَنُسُّ القافِزاتِ النُقَّقا

أَصْدَرَ في أَعْجازِ لَيْل أَطْرَقا

Its trickling exposes tender moons when he frowns

Of one with gap teeth and a sliding protrusion

وَلا تَرَى الدَهْرَ عَنِيفاً أَرْفَقا

مِنْهُ بِهَا في غَيْرَةٍ وَأَلْبَقا

As if he moves a towering mountain

He cannot climb in it a smooth incline

وَلا عَلَى هِجْرانِهِنَّ أَعْشَقا

حُبّاً وَإِلْفاً طالَ ما تَعَشَّقا

To inherit glorious heights constantly frowning

I was hostile to enemies, and spoke

وَمِشْذَباً عَنْهَا إِذَا تَشَمَّقا

دَعْ ذَا وَرَاجِعْ مَنْطِقاً مُذَلَّقا

So raise sincere praise, and believe it

The elect and the choice are the purified

أَعْرَبَ مِنْ قَوْلِ القَطا وَأَصْدَقَا

إِنَّا أُناسٌ لا نَمُوتُ فَرَقَا

And God chose what he created, Marwan

How often Marwan rose until he shone

إِذَا سُعارُ فِتْنَةِ تَحَرَّقَا

وَالضَرْبُ يُذْرِي أَذْرُعاً وَأَسْوُقَا

From overwhelming darkness reaching to choke

So God gave him victory and liberation

وَالْهامُ كَالقَيْضِ يَطِيرُ فِلَقَا

وَإِنْ عَدُوٌّ جَهْدَهُ تَمَعَّقا

Thanks to God for what he facilitated

Marwan, when matters bewildered

صُرْنَاهُ بِالْمَكْرُوهِ حَتَّى يصْعَقَا

فَأَصْبَحَ اليَوْمَ لِسَانِي مُطْلَقا

Supporting God, then brace firmly

The command came together in his hands, see how he asked for harmony

نَصْراً مِن اللَّهِ وَنُورا أَشْرَقا

وَهَاجَنِي جَلّابَةٌ تَسَرَّقا

A band that draws closer what was separated

He kept repelling the corrupting troublemakers

شِعْرِي وَلا يَزْكُو لَهُ مَا لَزَّقا

إِذَا رَآنِي ضَلَّ مَا تَخَلَّقا

And he takes from behind a horizon, horizons

Until they spread corruption in the countries, confused and perplexed

فَمَاتَ لَوْ كَان ابْن أَرْضٍ أَطْرَقا

وَقَد أَذَقْت الشُعَراء الذُوَّقا

Killing and disabling whom they desired

But God pacified the anxious hearts

فُحُولَهمْ وَالآخَرِينَ الدَرْدَقا

مِنِّي إِذَا شَاؤُوا حِداء مِسْوَقا

And freed us from the ignorant, troubled souls

And the kinsmen, harmful and troublesome

حَتَّى صَغَا نابِحُهُمْ فَوَقْوَقا

وَالكَلْبُ لا يَنْبِحُ إِلّا فَرَقا

And whoever believed Marwan truthfully

In obeying God and what he spent

نَبْحَ الكِلابِ اللَيْثَ لَمَّا حَمْلَقا

بِمُقْلَةٍ تُوقِدُ فَصّاً أَزْرَقا

Marwan gave him security, good and loyal

His influence lasted so he was not blamed

تَرَى لَهُ بَرَانِساً وَيَلْمقا

دُبْساً وَنُمْراً فِي شَمِيط أَبْرَقا

As if he hung when he hung

His causes on the stars when he wandered

زَمْزَمَ يَحْمِي أَجَماً وخَنْدَقا

وَشاعِرٍ أَنْسأْتُهُ فَاسْتَمْحَقا

Far from betrayal, even if it is expected

For one who lost guidance and caused torment

يَرْمِي بِسَهْمٍ فِي النِصال أَفْوَقا

وَقَد أَتَانِي أَنَّ عَبْداً أَحْوَقا

His group tasted swords that chop

In the claws of the hen until they choked

مُسْتَوْلِغاً تابِعَةً وَمُلْزَقا

يُوعِدُنِي وَلَوْ دَنَا لَاسْتَغْلَقا

So God destroyed the wicked slick bandits

Their lies and the dishonest sinner

فِي حَبْلِ جَذّابٍ يَمُدُّ المُخنِقا

لا يُنْشِط العَقْد إِذَا مَا أَوْثَقا

And those who rebelled in religion or sank in it

Thirstily seeking war until it is crushed

كَقَفَل الرُومِيِّ لا بَل أَغْلَقا

تَحْمِيه أَطْرافُ الشَبَا أَنْ يَقْلِقا

It does not fill the land with a deep-rooted abundance

A torrent flooding and armies layered

مِنْ عَضِّ إِنشابٍ يَرُدُّ المِيشَقا

وَإِنْ أَمالَ المُقْرَماتُ الشِقْشِقا

When the pots of the multitudes simmer

Their simmering boiled and burned

سامَيْنَ مِنِّي أَسْطُوَانا أَعْنَقا

يَعْدِلُ عَنْ هَدْلاءَ شِدْقا أَشْدَقا

Whoever deviated from the path of guidance and was narrow minded

The ways of the miserable are ways of discord

إِذَا ثَنَا فِيهَا الهَجِيرَ بَقْبَقا

يَضِجُّ نابَاه إِذَا مَا أَصْلَقا

The generosity of Marwan when it flows

Is like rain generosity when it flows

صَقْعاً تَخِرُّ البُزلُ مِنْهُ صَعَقا

فِي رَأسِ رَأَّاسٍ إِذَا ما أَطْبَقا

When growth soaks it, it revives foliage

Covering the cisterns of stables overflowing

خرْدَلَها تَقْصِيلُهُ وَدَقَّقا

يَفْرَقْنَ مِنْ قَمْرٍ إِذَا تَحَنَّقا

An estuary stretched out by the sea tranquil

It irrigated and sated pasture, so it flourished

مِنْ ذِي شَناخِيبَ وَهادٍ أَشْنَقا

كَأَنَّهُ حارِكُ طَودٍ أَشْهَقا

Passionately preserving what it preserved for us

Graciously offering his money and loosening

لا يَرْتَقِي فِيهِ مِزلّاً مِزْلَقا

فِي إِرْثِ مَجْدٍ طالَ مَا تَحَنَّقا

He was like the shepherd of lambs, no, foolish

He did not realize what fine quality he herded

عَلَى العِدَى أَزْرِي بِهِمْ وَأَنْطَقا

فَارْفَعْ ثَناءً صادِقاً مُصَدَّقا

When he saw our ears repelled and slid

Striking his colleagues having congealed

إِنَّ المُنَقَّى وَالخِيارَ المُنْتَقَا

مَرْوانُ وَاللَّهُ انْتَقَى ما خَلَقا

Our shoulders and broken kneecaps

When he wanted to trample people layered

وَكَمْ جَلا مَرْوانُ حَتَّى أَشْرَقا

مِنْ غَمَراتٍ تَبْلُغُ المُخَنَّقا

He trampled them heavily with piercing intensity

Say to peoples who attained disappointment

فَنَصَرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَأَعْتَقا

فَالْحَمْدُ للَّهِ عَلَى ما وَفَّقا

Plucking falsehoods frayed

Disbelief is an illness not cured by rest

مَرْوانَ إِذْ تاقُوا الأُمُورَ التُوَّقا

شَآمِيَاً بِاللَّهِ ثُمَّ أُعْرِقا

My friend, I hate your diluted judgement

It resembles a slave who misguided you confused

فَاجْتَمَع الأَمْرُ لَهُ فَاسْتَوْسَقا

لَفّاً يُدَانِي بَيْنَ مَنْ تَفَرَّقا

Your Master, the tranquil, composed dignified one

We have seen the lion from amongst us frenzied

مَا زَالَ يَنْفِي المُفْسِدِينَ البُوَّقا

وَيَغْتَزِي مِنْ بَعْدِ أُفْقٍ أُفُقا

He denied what they had and split

The protective zeal from Tamim decided

حَتَّى اشْفَتَرُّوا فِي البِلادِ أُبَّقا

قَتْلاً وَتَعْوِيقاً عَلَى مَنْ عَوَّقا

When the honour of peoples are violated carelessly

When he saw a hint that stirs anxiety

فَسَكَّنَ اللَّهُ القُلُوبَ الخُفَّقا

وَاعْتَاقَ عَنْهُ الجاهِلِينَ العُوَّقا

He acknowledged their protector, having congealed

He did not settle the conflict until it was satisfactory

مِنَ العِدَا وَالأَقْرَبِينَ العُقَّقا

وَمَنْ بَلا مَرْوَان مِنْهُ مَصْدَقا

For reconciliation, from disdain and a sharp stab

When they wanted his blood it oozed

فِي طاعَة اللَّهِ وَفِيمَا أَنْفَقا

أَعْطاهُ مَرْوَانُ الذِمام الأَوْفَقا

With the pangs of death or it dripped

As for me, I was the eloquent poet

فَامْتَدَّ حَتَّى لَمْ يَكُنْ مُرَمَّقا

كَأَنَّما أَعْلَقَ حِين أَعْلَقا

Who composes the refined ingenuity

In script and creativity of the highly valued

أَسْبابَهُ بِالنَجْمِ حِينَ حَلَّقا

بُعْداً مِنَ الغَدْرِ وَإِنْ تَوَعَّقا

When I saw evil shining

And a strife that throws whoever it struck

عَلَى امْرِئٍ ضَلَّ الهُدَى وَأَوْبَقا

مُهْجَتَهُ ذاقَ الحُسَامَ المِخْفَقا

Whoever falls in its sticky muck embarrassed

I retreated from my strong, guided opinion

فِي قَيْضِ أُمِّ الفَرْخِ حَتَّى نَقْنَقا

فَدَمَّرَ اللَّهُ الشُرَاةَ الفُتَّقا

ضَحّاكَهُمْ وَالخَيْبَرِيَّ الأَفْسَقَا

وَمَنْ بَغَى فِي الدِينِ أَوْ تَعَمَّقا

يَسْتَزْحِرُونَ الحَرْبَ حَتَّى تَدْحَقا

ما يَمْلأُ الأَرْضَ بِحَاراً بُثَّقا

سَيْلاً بِطاحاً وَجُنُوداً طَبَقَا

إِذَا قُدُور الأَكْثَرِينَ مَرَقا

جاشَتْ فَأَحْمَى غَلْيُها وَأَحْرَقا

مَنْ ضَلَّ مِنْهاجَ الهُدَى وَضَيَّقا

وَعادَة الأَشْقَيْنَ عاداتُ الشَقا

وَجُودُ مَرْوانَ إِذَا تَدَفَّقا

جُودٌ كَجُودِ الغَيْثِ إِذَ تَبَعَّقا

إِذَا أَسْتَقاهُ العِرْقُ أَحْيَا وَرَقا

يَغْشَوْنَ غَرَّافَ السِجالِ مِدْفَقا

مَدَّ لَهُ البَحْرُ خَلِيجاً مُتْأَقا

سَقَى فَأَرْوَى وَرَعَا فَأَسْنَقا

وَحَائِنٍ مِنْ حِينِهِ تَمَأَّقا

لَنَا وَأَهْدَى مالَهُ وَطَلَّقا

كانَ كَرَاعِي الضَأْنِ لا بَل أَحْمَقا

لَمْ يَدْرِ ما أَرْسَلَ مِمَّا رَبَّقَا

لَمَّا رَأَى آذِيَّنَا تَدَلَّقا

يَضْرِبُ عِبْرَيْهِ وَيَغْشَى المِدْعَقا

وَكاهِلاً مِنَّا وَجَوْزاً مِدْهَقا

إِذَا أَرادَ هَرْسَ قَوْمٍ طَبَّقا

فَدَاسَهُمْ دَوْساً وَدَقّاً مِدْقَقا

فَقُلْ لأَقْوامٍ أَصَابُوا خَفَقا

يَقْتَضِبُونَ الكَذِبَ المُسَمْلَقا

وَالكُفْرُ داءٌ لا تُدَاوِيهِ الرُقَا

رَبِيعَ لُوْمِي رَأْيَكِ المُدَبَّقا

أَشْبَهَ عَبْداً قادَكُمْ وَغَيَّقا

سيِّدَكُمْ ذا الوَدَعِ الهَبَنَّقا

وَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا الأُسْدَ مِنَّا بَهْلَقا

أَنْكَرَ مِمَّا عِنْدَهُمْ وَأَفْلَقا

حَمْسَاءَ تَمَّتْ مِنْ تَمِيم فَيْلَقا

إِذَا اسْتَبَاحَتْ عِزَّ قَوْمٍ طَرَّقا

لَمَّا رَأَى غَمْزاً يُحِقُّ الأَرْفَقا

أَقَرَّ حامِيهِمْ وَقَدْ تَصَلَّقا

وَمَا أَقَرَّ النَزْوَ حَتَّى اسْتَوْدَقا

لِلصُّلْحِ مِنْ صَقْعٍ وَطَعْن أَبْخَقا

إِذَا أَرادُوا دَسْمَهُ تَفَتَّقا

بِنَاخِشَاتِ المَوْتِ أَوْ تَمَطَّقا

إِنِّي وَكُنْتُ الشاعِرَ المُسْتَنْطَقا

أَنْسُجُ نَسْجَ الصَنَعِ المُحَقَّقا

تَحْبِيرَهُ وَالخُسْرُوَان الأَعْتَقا

لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ الشَرَّ قَدْ تَأَلَّقا

وَفِتْنَةً تَرْمِي بِمَنْ تَصَفَّقا

هَنَّا وَهَنَّا عَنْ قِذاف أَخْلَقا

مَنْ خَرَّ فِي طِخْطاخِهِ تَزَخْلَقا

رَجَعْتُ مِنْ رَأْيِي القَوِيَّ الأَطْوَقا