أَلا سائِلِ الجَحّافَ هَل هُوَ ثائِرٌ

بِقَتلى أُصيبَت مِن سُلَيمٍ وَعامِرِ

O questioner of Al-Juhaf, is he now aroused

By the dead struck down from Suleim and Aamir?

أَجَحّافُ إِن نَصكُكَّ يَوماً فَتَصطَدِم

عَلَيكَ أَواذِيُّ البُحورِ الذَواخِرِ

O Juhaf, if your help avails us one day, then

The swelling seas will surge against you.

تَكُن مِثلَ أَقذاءِ الحَبابِ الَّذي جَرى

بِهِ البَحرُ أَو جاري الرِياحِ الصَراصِرِ

Be as the foam of waves which the sea casts up

Or as the driven dust blown by whistling winds.

لَقَد حانَ كُلَّ الحَينِ مَن رامَ شاعِراً

لَهُ السَورَةُ العُليا عَلى كُلِّ شاعِرِ

The time is surely come for whoever aspires

To poesy to hold the high command o'er all who sing.

يَصولُ بِمَجرٍ لَيسَ يُحصى عَديدُهُ

وَيَسدَرُ فيهِ ساجِياً كُلُّ ناظِرِ

He bursts out in a tide that has no number counted

And every gazer flows enraptured in its wake.