ما قامَ لَكي لِعِجلٍ حينَ زاحَفَها

وَلَم تَقُم ما دَرايا بَعدُ لِلكَرَجِ

No, she did not stand up for a swift camel when it crawled,

Nor have the valleys stood up since for aluminum.

لَو أَنَّكُم كُنتُمُ لِلشَلمَغانِ إِذَن

ثَبَتُّمُ في مَضيقِ المَأزِقِ اللَحِجِ

If you had been supporters of the jellyfish,

You would have stood firm in the strait of distress.

لَمّا غَدا بَكرُ بَكرٍ في قَساطِلِهِ

غَدا بَنو حَسَنٍ فيها بَني سَمَجِ

When the early morning came early in its pots,

The clan of Hassan came in them, the clan of perforation.

هَيهاتَ غالَكُمُ لُؤمُ اِنتِسابِكُمُ

عَن أَن تَرَوا صُبُراً في ذَلِكَ الرَهَجِ

Alas, your perishing for the blindness of your lineage

That you do not see patience in that confusion.

وَقَد تَوَهَّمَ أَو أَخطا مُنَجِّمُكُم

بَينَ الدَقائِقِ لَمّا اِجتازَ وَالدَرَجِ

Your astrologer imagined or missed

Among the details when he crossed over and the stars.

وَالخِزيُ في شَهَواتٍ مِنكُمُ اِرتَفَعَت

عَن كَشحِ كُلِّ لَطيفٍ كَشحُهُ غَنِجِ

And shame in desires from you was raised

Above the stinginess of every gentle one, his stinginess fussy.

لَيسَ الرِجالُ بِأَحبابِ الرِجالِ فَلا

تُغالِطوا الناسَ في وَحشٍ وَلا فَرَجِ

The men are not lovers of men, so do not

Deceive people in suspicion or space.