أَلَم تَرَ طَيئاً وَبَني كِلابٍ

سَمَوا لِبِلادِ غَزَّةَ وَالعَريشِ

Have you not seen the Tayy and the sons of wild dogs

They have set out for Gaza and Al Arish

وَلَو قَدِروا عَلى الطَيرِ الغَوادي

لَما نَهَضَت إِلى وِكرٍ بِريشِ

If only they had power over the birds in the wilderness

None would have risen to its nest with feather

إِذا آتاكَ هَذا الدَهرُ مُلكاً

فَما لَكَ مِن أَقَذّ وَلا مَريشِ

If this life gives you sovereignty at any time

You have neither a pillow of down nor an elevated seat

يُجَوِّزُ كَونَ راعي الضَأنِ قَيلاً

وَأَن تُدعى الخِلافَةُ في الحَريشِ

It makes proper the being of a shepherd for an instant

And that the Caliphate be claimed in the precinct