اِستَحيِ مِن شَمسِ النَهارِ وَمِن

قَمَرِ الدُجى وَنُجومِهِ الزُهرِ

Be ashamed of the sun of daytime, and of

The moon of nightfall and its shining stars

يَجرينَ في الفَلَكِ المُدارِ بِإِذ

نِ اللَهِ لا يَخشَينَ مِن بُهرِ

Flowing in the orbit by the command of God

They do not fear the intensity of light

وَلَهُنَّ بِالتَعظيمِ في خَلَدي

أَولى وَأَجدَرُ مِن بَني فِهرِ

And for them is due, in my essence,

Greater respect than the people of excellence

سُبحانَ خالِقِهِنَّ لَستُ أَقو

لُ الشُهُبُ كابِيَةٌ مَعَ الدَهرِ

Glory to their Creator. I do not say

The meteors are diminishing over time

لا بَلَ أُفَكِّرُ هَل رُزِقنَ حِجاً

نَجِساً يُمَزنَ بِهِ مِنَ الطُهرِ

Rather, I wonder - were they given an impure pilgrim

To be protected from impurity?

أَم هَل لِأُنثاها الحَصانِ بِذي التَ

ذكيرِ مِن قُربى وَمِن صِهرِ

Or did the female horses have, of the males

Relatives or in-laws?

أَم يَخطُبُ العَوّا السَمّاكُ وَيُع

طيها الَّذي تَرضاهُ مِن مَهرِ

Or does the kite court and is given

What it accepts of dowry?

أَمّا الهِلالُ فَإِنَّهُ عَجَبٌ

يَنمي وَيَمحَقُ في مَدى شَهرِ

As for the crescent, it is wondrous

Growing and fading over the month

فَبُرِئَت مِن غاوٍ أَخي سَفَهٍ

مُتَمَرِّدٍ في السِرِّ وَالجَهرِ

So it is absolved of misleading, my ignorant brother

Rebellious, in private and public

أَلغى صَلاةَ العَصرِ مُحتَقِراً

وَرَمى وَراءَ الظَهرِ بِالظُهرِ

He cancelled the afternoon prayer in disdain

And neglected the obligatory prayer

فَاِمنَح ضَعيفَكَ إِن عَراكَ وَلَو

نَزَراً وَلا تَصرِفهُ بِالكَهرِ

So grant your weak one, even if little

And do not turn him away in anger

وَاِرَفَع لَهُ شَقراءَ تَرمَحُ في

دَهماءَ مِثلَ تَأَرُّنِ المُهرِ

And raise for him a blond spear

In gloomy darkness like the neighing of a mare

وَاِنصِف يَتيمَكَ في التُراثِ وَلا

تَأخُذُهُ بِالإِعناتِ وَالقَهرِ

And be just with your orphan in inheritance

And do not seize it through force and coercion