سَأَلت أَبا جَهضَمٍ حاجَةً

وَكُنتُ أَراهُ قَريباً يَسيرا

I asked Abu Jahm for a need

And I thought he was near and easy to reach

فَلَو أَنني خِفتُ مِنهُ الخِلا

فَ وَالمَنعَ لَم أَسَلهُ نَقيرا

If I had feared stinginess from him

I would not have asked him for anything

وَكَيفَ الرَّجاءُ لما عِنده

وَقَد خالَطَ البُخلَ مِنهُ الضَّميرا

How could I hope for what he has

When miserliness has mingled with his conscience

أَقلني أَبا جَهضمٍ حاجَتي

فَإِني اِمرؤٌ كانَ ظَني غرورا

Grant me my need, Abu Jahm

For I am a man whose assumption was delusion