أَسأَلُ القادِمينَ مِن حَكَمانِ

كَيفَ خَلَّفتُمُ أَبا عُثمانِ

I ask the travelers arriving from Hakaman,

"How have you left Abu Uthman behind,

وَأَبا مَيَّةَ المُهَذَّبَ وَالمَأ

مولَ وَالمُرتَجى لِرَيبِ الزَمانِ

And Abu Mayya, the refined, and the...

...hoped-for one, and the refuge against the turns of Time?"

فَيَقولونَ لي جِنانُ كَما سَر

رَكَ عَن حالِها فَسَل عَن جِنانِ

They answer me: "Jinan is just as would...

...bring joy to you regarding her state; so ask of Jinan."

ما لَهُم لا يُبارِكُ اللَهُ فيهِم

كَيفَ لَم يُغنِ عِندَهُم كِتماني

What ails them? May God bestow no blessing upon them!

How did my concealment fail to avail me with them?