أَهوى أُمَيَّةَ إِن شَطَّت وَإِن قَرُبَت

يَوماً وَأُهدي لَها نُصحي وَأَشعاري

I yearn for Ummayah though she be far or near

One day, and my advice and poetry I send to her

وَلَو وَرَدتُ عَلَيها الفَيضَ ما حَفَلَت

وَلا شَفَت عَطَشي مِن مائِهِ الجاري

And if she came upon abundance, she'd not care

Nor quench my thirst with water she could spare

لا تأوِيَنَّ لِحَزميٍّ رَأَيتَ بِهِ

ضُرّاً وَلَو طُرِحَ الحَزميُّ في النارِ

Give no shelter to my prudent views therein

Though thrown in fire, this prudence stay unseen

الناخِسينَ بِمَروانٍ بِذي خُشُبٍ

والمُقحِمينَ عَلى عُثمانَ في الدارِ

Those rousing Marwan, and Dhi Khashub too

And those imposing upon Uthman in his abode