منعتَني جاهَك في وقفةٍ

تُسعِدُني في عقدِ سنبوقِ

Your pomp has denied me a stance

That would bring me joy in the pact of the buglehorn.

يا طبلُ ما ألهاكَ عن شاعرٍ

يضْربُ في عِرضِكَ بالبوقِ

O drum! Why are you oblivious to a bard

Who strikes at your width with the buglehorn?