يا ثَورُ لا تَشتُمَن عِرضي فِداكَ أَبي

فَإِنَّما الشَتمُ لِلقَومِ العَواويرِ

O bull, do not insult my honor, may your father be sacrificed for you,

For insults are only for hostile people.

ما عَقرُ نابٍ لِأَمثالِ الدُمى فَرِدٍ

عَونٍ كِرامٍ وَأَبكارٍ مَعاصيرِ

No noble, generous, chaste worshipper has ever been harmed,

By the likes of vile, debased sinners.

عَلَقنَ حَولِيَ يَسأَلنَ القِرى أُصُلاً

وَلَيسَ يَمضينَ مِنّي بِالمَعاذيرِ

They cling to me, begging the villages for ancestry,

Yet they leave me with no excuses.

هَبهُنَّ ضَيفاً عَراكُم بَعدَ هَجعَتِكُم

في قَطقَطٍ مِن سَقيطِ اللَيلِ مَنثورِ

Take them in as guests after your slumber

In the darkest hour of the scattered night.

وَلَيسَ قُربُكُمُ شاءٌ وَلا لَبَنُ

أَيَرجِعُ الضَيفُ عَنكُم غَيرَ مَحبورِ

You have neither milk nor honey near,

Will the guest leave you deprived?

ما خَيرُ وارِدَةٍ لِلماءِ صادِرَةٍ

لا تَنجَلي عَن عَقيرِ الرِجلِ مَنحورِ

Of what use is a waterskin that comes full but leaves empty,

Not pouring out for the thirsty foot traveler?