أَما وَالَّذي غَشّى المُبارَكَ خِزيَةً

يُغَنّي عَلى الأَيّامِ رَكبٌ بِها رَكَبا

By Him who blessed the revered sanctuary

A group rides upon the days though riding them is difficult

لَقَد ظَلَّ مُقرانٌ يَحُكُّ بِعِرضِهِ

قَوافِيَ شِعرٍ لَو تَدَبَّرَها جُربا

Alas! Muqiran remains fettered, reciting with his honor

The rhyming prose of poetry, which if examined, brings shame

إِذا ما عَصَت مَن رامَها وَسَما لَها

أَطاعَت فَتىً عَضباً يَسوسُ حِجاً عَضبا

When she disobeys the one who desires her and travels to him

She obeys an angry man who angrily leads pilgrims on hajj

رَجا أَن يُنَجّيهِ خَساسَةُ قَدرِهِ

وَلَم يَدرِ أَنَّ اللَيثَ يَفتَرِسُ الكَلبا

He hoped his lowly status would deliver him

Yet he knew not that the lion preys upon the dog

أَمُقرانُ كَم قِرنٍ لَقيتَ بِمَشهَدٍ

فَكانَ بِهِ رَفعاً وَكُنتَ بِهِ نَصبا

O Muqiran, how many companions have you met at public gatherings

Bringing you glory while they suffered shame?

تَراهُ إِذا ما جِئتَهُ مُتَهَلِّلاً

إِلَيكَ وَمَسروراً كَأَن قَد رَأى زُبّا

When you approach him happy and joyous

As if you have seen rain after a drought

غَليظٌ مَجاري فِكرِهِ لَو ضَرَبتُهُ

عَلى ما بَدا لي مِنهُ لَم يَفهَمِ الضَربا

Rough are the ways of his thinking - if I reproached him

For what I see of him, he would not understand the rebuke

إِذا كانَ وَجهُ المَرءِ يَبساً فَإِنَّهُ

يُقاسي عِجاناً لا اِمتِراءَ بِهِ رَطبا

When a man's face is stern, he will experience

Animosity, not amenable to gentleness while angry