وفقحة كالحوت في ابتلاعها

يعجز بيت المال عن إشباعها

Like a whale in its devouring,

The treasury cannot satisfy its craving,

من الغراميل وعن إرضاعها

ماء الرجال غاية ارتضاعها

For trinkets or for suckling it,

Men's water is the limit of its suckling.

يعوي عبيد الله من إضباعها

واسعة الخرق على رقاعها

Ubaydullah bellows because of its milking,

Capacious in the rents of its patches,

فالأرض كالبقعة من بقاعها

لو ذرعت شقت على ذُرّاعها

So the earth is like a region of its regions

If it were measured it would tear at its cubits

فهو سخي النفس عن إقطاعها

ليت لعينيه من اتساعها

Thus he is generous of spirit against depriving it

Would that his eyes had, of its wideness,

ما لاستِهِ من صحنها وقاعها

What his desire has of its bowl and basin.