دمع تحدّر في انسيابه

من جفن مكتئب لما به

Tears streamed down

From a gloomy eyelid because of what it contains

يبكي أسى لنوائب

نزلت فغرّد عن ثقابه

Crying the sorrow of tribulations

That descended, so it chirped from its ridges

أنساه أيام الشبا

ب وما تقضّى من خطابه

It forgot the days of youth

And what was fulfilled of its discourse

خطب ألمّ فأقبلت

نوب المنايا في جنابه

It proposed pain, so the cycles of death approached in its sides

The curls of my twisting hair whitened

شابت ذوائب لمّتي

والفقر يمرح في شبابه

And poverty frolicked in its youth

Constant poverty, a persistent knocker

فقر مقيم طارق

أصبحت أبكي من عذابه

I began to cry from its torment

And the expensive price of living

وغلاء سعر قاتل

في كل يوم بانقلابه

Is deadly every day in its ups and downs

And its time has shortened

وزمانه قد قصّرت

أملي فقصّر عن طلابه

My hope, so it shortened from reaching it

And earning has weakened me

وتكسب قد شفني

ما فيه من ذل اكتسابه

From the humiliation of acquiring it

And rain pours constantly

والغيث يهطل دائبا

عن غيمه وحيا ضبابه

From its clouds and the life of its mist

Afflictions have gathered upon

محن قد اجتمعت على

حر تحيّر في اغترابه

A free man confused in his estrangement

If they landed upon

لو أنها حطت على

أحد لعاثت في هضابه

Anyone, they would wreak havoc on his hills

So time betrayed me, and bit me angrily with its fangs

فغر الزمان علي فا

ه وعضّني حنقا بنابه

Then it drew an arrow at me

For it was firmly in its feet

ثمّ انتضى سهما عليّ

فقد تمكن في ركابه

So I fled from it to a young man

Who never fails those who seek his door

ففررت منه إلى فتى

ما خاب معتصم ببابه

At times, the young man

Supports his brother in his affliction

في ساعة يحفو الفتى

فيها أخاه على مصابه

And reprimands the questioner

Even if with a cup of his drink

ويضنّ مسؤول النوا

ل ولو بكوز من شرابه

I found him targeted

To me, I felt safe from his withdrawal

فوجدته مستهدفا

لي قد أمنت من احتجابه

Offering to the needs of the

Brothers, continuing in his reckoning

متعرّضا لحوائج ال

إخوان ماض في احتسابه

Listen, Abu Abdullah

To a fair saying in its correctness

اسمع أبا عبد الإل

ه مقال مثن في صوابه

Your generosity is more beneficial than abundant

Rain pouring in its flows

جدواك أنفع من جدا

غيث تحادر في انسيابه

For the rain continuously harmed me

With its permanence, and the life of its clouds

لما أضرّ الغيث بي

بدوامه وحيا سحابه

Al-Ghiyath wrote it for me to

Unite my matter in its divergence

كتب الغياث عليه لي

ولأمت أمري في انشعابه

And you sufficed me from the garment of time

While standing up to its dogs

وكفيتني ثوب الزما

ن مع الوقوف على كلابه

So I gained lasting gratitude

And collected your reward in its reward

فملكت شكر ملدّد

وجمعت أجرك في ثوابه

You issued it, turning away

From its arrival, not from its return

أصدرته متنكبا

بوروده لا من إيابه

Rejoicing, its joy

Almost wetting the dress on its clothes

فرحا يكاد مشاشه

يبتلّ رشحا في ثيابه

My soul is ransom for you from a

Jealous one who envies his companions

نفسي فداؤك من أخ

حدب يغار على صحابه

I do not ask your pardon

For what the rain borrowed of its departure

ما استميحك برّما

أقرضت من غيث ذهابه

Rather, I ask your pardon in it as

Payment for its accommodation

بل استميحك فيه تأ

جيرا على استصعابه