تَضيقُ اللَيالي عَن مَحَلَّةِ ماجِدٍ

فَما ضَمِنَت إِلّا ذَميمَ فَعالِ

The nights are too narrow for Majid's encampment,

Yet they guaranteed nothing but the stench of vile deeds,

وَأَيّا مُنا مِثلُ الأُيومِ وَإِنَّما

سَعى لِيَ مِن ساعاتِهِنَّ سَعالُ

And which of us is like the days? They merely

Coughed up hours that did me no good.

فَلا تَسأَلِ المَرءَ الغَنِيَّ عَطائَهُ

وَرَجِّ الغِنى مِن رَبِّكَ المُتَعالي

So do not ask a wealthy man for his generosity

And seek wealth from your Exalted Lord,

وَمَهلاً بَني الوَرهاءَ ما كانَ فيكُمُ

رَشيدٌ وَلا أَنتُم بِأَهلِ مَعالي

And wait, O clan of Warha, none among you

Was ever reasonable nor are you now worthy of high moral values,

عَسى جَدُّ خَيلٍ قَرَّبَتكُم مِنَ العُلا

يَجودُ لَها مِن عَسجَدٍ بِنِعالِ

May the excellence of the horses that brought you near supremacy

Prompt generosity from them toward the shoeless,

هَبوا وَاِجعَلوا لِلجودِ فيكُم بَقِيَّةً

سِوى جودِ هَمّامٍ عَلى اِبنِ جِعالِ

Come, set aside in yourselves some generosity

Other than Hammam's generosity toward Ibn Ji'al,

إِذا اليَومُ وَلّى أَعجَزَ القَومَ رَدُّهُ

وَلَو تَبِعوا آثارَهُ بِرِعالِ

When today passes, its return will confound the people

Even if they trace its footsteps with stirrups

يَمُدّونَ لِلطَعنِ الثَعالِبَ في الوَغى

وَآسادُهُم عِندَ اللِقاءِ ثِعالِ

They extend their throats to the slanderers in the fray

While their lions in the clash are but hares

وَإِنَّ أَخا نُسكٍ دَعا لَكَ بِالَّذي

مَلَكتَ بِضِدٍّ مِن غِناكَ دَعا لي

Your brother Nusuk prayed for you with that

Opposite to what your wealth prayed for me.