أَيا راكِباً إِمّا عَرَضتَ فَبَلِّغَن

نُباتَةَ بِالحِصنَينِ وَاِبنَ المُحَلَّقِ

O rider, if you pass by, convey

To Nubata at Al-Hisnayn and Ibn Al-Muhallaq

وَعِمرانَ أَن أَدّوا الَّذي قَد وَأَيتُمُ

وَأَعراضُكُم مَوفورَةٌ لَم تُمَزَّقِ

And 'Imran that they should pay what they owe

While your honor is intact, not ripped apart

أَلَم تَعلَموا أَنّي أَكونُ وَراءَكُم

فَما يُرتَقى حِصني إِلَيكُم وَخَندَقي

Don't you know I will be behind you

So neither my fort nor trench can reach you

وَما أَنا إِن عَدَّت مَعَدٌّ قَديمَها

بِمَنزِلَةِ المَولى وَلا المُتَعَلِّقِ

And I am not, if the enemy renewed their attacks

In the position of master nor hanger-on

لَعَمري لَقَد أَبلَيتُ في الشِعرِ دارِماً

بَلاءً نَما في كُلِّ غَربٍ وَمَشرِقِ

By my life, I have endured in poetry, Dārim

An affliction growing in every west and east

بَلاءَ اِمرِئٍ لا مُستَثيبٍ بِنِعمَةٍ

فَتُشكَرَ نُعماهُ وَلا مُتَمَلِّقِ

The affliction of a man with no granted favors

To thank for his bounties, nor sycophant

هَجَوتُ كُلَيباً أَن هَجوا آلَ دارِمٍ

وَأَمسَكتُ مِن يَربوعِهِم بِالمُخَنَّقِ

I satirized Kulaib when they satirized the family of Dārim

And I strangled their cows by the throat

وَرَهطَ أَبي لَيلى فَأَطفَأتُ نارَهُم

وَأَقرَرتُ عَيني مِن جِداءِ الحَبَلَّقِ

And the clan of Abū Laylā, so I extinguished their fire

And delighted my eye with the hides of Al-Haballaq

فَإِن يَكُ أَقوامٌ أَضاعوا فَإِنَّني

حَفِظتُ الَّذي بَيني وَبَينَ الفَرَزدَقِ

So if there are people who lost, I

Preserved what was between me and Al-Farazdaq