أَلاياءَمينَ اللَهِ كَيفَ تَحُبُّنا

قُلوبُ بَني مَروانَ وَالأَمرُ ماتَدري

O Trustee of God, how can the hearts of the Banu Marwan love us,

When the state of affairs is exactly as you know?

وَمابالُ مَولاهِم لِسِرِّكَ مَوضِعاً

وَمابالَهُ أَمسى يُشارِكُ في الأَمرِ

And why is a client of theirs made the repository of your secrets,

And how has he come to be a partner in the command?

تَبَيَّن أَمينَ اللَهِ في لَحَظاتِهِ

شَنانُ بَني العاصي وَحَقدُ بَني صَخرِ

Discern, O Trustee of God, within his very glances,

The hatred of the Banu al-Asi and the malice of the Banu Sakhr.

بَنَيتَ بِما خُنتَ الأَميرَ سِقايَةً

فَلا شَرِبوا إِلّا أَمَرَّ مِنَ الصَبرِ

You built a public fountain with what you gained by betraying the Prince,

So may they drink nothing from it but that which is more bitter than aloe.

فَما كُنتَ إِلّا مِثلَ بائِعَةِ استِها

تَعودُ عَلى المَرضى بِهِ طَلَبَ الأَجرِ

For you are exactly like the woman who sells her body,

Who then tends to the sick with her earnings, seeking a heavenly reward.