حيتك غادية الحيا يا دار من

أهوى وحوّامٌ عليك المرزم

Your life passing by, O home of those I love

While yearning hovers over you continuously

ما أنس إذ لحظ الأحبة ساحرٌ

والحب في طلب الوصال معزّم

I cannot forget when the charming beloved glanced

And love was determined to seek union

عيش يضيءُ كما أضاء بتاجه

وجه القضايا فالمظالم تهزم

A life shining as his crown illuminated

The face of affairs, so oppression is defeated

أنحى بني العلياء في حالاتهم

فالقدر يرفع والأوامر تجزم

The noble ones excelled in their states

Fate raises them and commands make them resolute

يا حاكماً كم في العفاة لماله

كيسٌ يحل وكيس عدل يحزم

O ruler, how much in the neglected is his money

A bag to be opened and a bag of justice to be tied up

للجامع المعمور خمسة أشهر

ما لي وصول في الجرائد يخزم

For the populated mosque, five months

I have no arrival in the newspapers to be carved

فنظمتها وأخاف قولك مازحاً

هذي القصيد لزوم ما لا يلزم

So I composed it and I fear your saying jokingly

This poem is unnecessary attachment