يَا أحمدُ بن سعيدٍ العَلَمَ الذي

أَوفَى فللحدثان عنه زَلِيلُ

O Ahmed son of Sa'eed, you are the banner

To which the youth have resorted, though mean

أخذ العقابَ من ابن مسلمةَ الذي

حكمَ القضاءُ به وغالت غولُ

He took the punishment from Ibn Muslima

Though the judge had ruled it, and the injustice was grave

لم تبقَ غيرُ حُشَاشَةٍ إِن أَدرِكَت

خلصت وإن أَسلًَمتَ فَهوَ قتيلُ

Nothing remains but recklessness, if you can save him

He will be delivered, if you surrender him he's slain

بيديك بعد الله فَكُّ إِسارِه

وعليك في استنقاذه التعويلُ

In your hands, after God, is to undo his shackles

And on you is his rescue and dependence

فارحم أنينَ أبي بناتٍ لم يُصَب

لدموعهن على الخدود مَثِيلُ

So have mercy on the moaning of the father of girls

Whose tears on their cheeks have no equal

فاجعله في عيني يديك فإنها

سورٌ تَحُوطُ المستجيرَ وغِيلُ

Make him in your eyes as if in your hands, he's

A fence protecting the suppliant, though flawed

ما ذَنبُه إِلا الزمانَ فإنّه

رِخوُ اليدين بمن يُحبّ ملولُ

His only crime is the time, which

Has weakened the hands of those who love the delinquent