هنِيئا بأَمسِ الأمسِ إذ ضَاع لِي حَقِّي

وقد نِلتَ ما قَد نِلتَ في قَصَبِ السَّبقِ

Congratulations on yesterday's loss when my right was wasted

And you got what you got in the stalks of precedence

إذا مَا سقَى رَاحا وأردَف مِثلَها

مِنَ اجفَانِه لَم تَدرِ أيَّهمَا يَسقِي

If he waters once then repeats just like it

From his eyelids you wouldn't know which one he waters

أُمَسِّحُ عَن أعطافِه بتَرفُّقٍ

فَتفهَمُ ما أَنوِي وتشكُرُ لي رِفقِي

I gently wipe his shoulders with tenderness

So you understand my intention and thank me for my gentleness

فيا هِرّةً ترنُو إلىَّ بنظرَةٍ

ونظرَتُها والهِ أغنَت عنِ النُّطقِ

Oh doe gazing at me with a glance

Her glance, by God, was eloquent without speech