أَكرِم بِوَلّادَةٍ ذُخراً لِمُدَّخِرٍ

لَو فَرَّقَت بَينَ بَيطارٍ وَعَطّارِ

Honor with childbirth a treasure for the hoarder,

Even if it separated a veterinarian from a perfumer.

قالوا أَبوعامِرٍ أَضحى يُلِمُّ بِها

قُلتُ الفَراشَةُ قَد تَدنو مِنَ النارِ

They said Abu Amir has become intimate with her.

I said the moth may approach the fire.

عَيَّرتُمونا بِأَن قَد صارَ يَخلُفُنا

فيمَن نُحِبُّ وَما في ذاكَ مِن عارِ

You reproached us that he has come to succeed us

In whom we love- there is no shame in that.

أَكلٌ شَهِيٌّ أَصَبنا مِن أَطايِبِهِ

بَعضاً وَبَعضاً صَفَحنا عَنهُ لِلفارِ

A delicious food whose delicacies

We took some and forgave some for the mouse.