هب العذر في نطل الرغيبة أقبلت

شواهده وضَّاحةً ودلائلهْ

The excuses flowed when yearning arrived

Its proofs and signs manifest and clear

فما العذر عن جارٍ يبيت بأرضكم

معطَّلةً أحشاؤه ومراجلُهْ

What excuse for a neighbor who dwells on your land

Whose hearth is barred and dwelling left fallow and drear

وشر قرىً ما شابه مطلُ قادرٍ

وأتعبُ رزقٍ ما الموفَّقُ باذلُه

How wretched the village that lacks a capable chief

How weary the bread that no fortunate hand kneads and makes