تَعالي قُدرَةٍ وَخَفَوتُ جَرسِ

أَزالا عَنكَ حَرساً بَعدَ حَرسِ

Come, my ability and softness of voice

I removed from you guards after guards

أَرى خُرساً مِنَ الأَيّامِ وافَت

بِكُرٍّ لَم يَكُن مِن ذاتِ خُرسِ

I see a bear from the days that passed

With youth that had no attribute of a bear

وَأَشهَدُ أَنَّني غاوٍ جَهولٌ

وَإِن بالَغتُ في بَحثٍ وَدَرسِ

And I confess I am lost and ignorant

Even if I exerted in searching and studying

يُجادُ ثَرى وَأَجعَلُ فيهِ غَرساً

فَيَفقُدُ ساعِدي وَيَقومُ غَرسي

He prepares land and I plant in it trees

So my arm fails me and my trees stand

وَجَدنا ذاهِبَ الفَتَيَينِ أَفنى

مُلوكَ الأَرَضِ مِن عُربٍ وَفُرسِ

We found the two young men destroyed

The kings of earth among Arabs and Persians

وَما البِرّانِ مِثلَهُما وَلَكِن

هُما الأَسَدانِ يَبتَغِيانِ فَرَسي

And the righteous are not like them, but

They are the two lions seeking their prey

سَيَلقى كُلُّ مَن حَذِرَ المَنايا

فَضَع ثِقلَيكَ مِن دِرعٍ وَتُرسِ

Everyone who fears death will meet

So remove your heavy coat of mail and shield

لَنا رَبٌّ وَلَيسَ لَهُ نَظيرٌ

يُسَيّرُ أَمرُهُ جَبَلاً وَيُرسي

We have a Lord without equal

His command makes a mountain bow and kneel

تَظَلُّ الشَمسُ ماهِنَةً لَدَيهِ

فَما بِلقيسُ أَم ما سِتُّ بِرسِ

The sun remains humble before Him

So what is Bilqis or the Sitt of Burj

قَضاءٌ خُطَّ ما الأَقلامُ فيهِ

بِمُعمِلَةٍ وَلَم يُحفَظ بِطِرسِ

A decree outlined which the pens did not

With skill and was not kept in leather

غَذا العِرسانِ بِإِبنِهِما عَدوّاً

أَقَلُّ أَذيَّةً مِنهُ اِبنُ عِرسِ

The wedding feast of the two with their son an enemy

Less harmful than the son of a groom

لَقَد أَلقاكَ في تَعَبٍ وَهَمٍّ

وَليدٌ جاءَ بَينَ دَمٍ وَغِرسِ

They did cast you in fatigue and worry

A newborn came between blood and planting

وَما الفَتَيانِ إِلّا مِثلُ نامٍ

مِنَ الفِتيانِ تَحتَ ثَرىً وَكِرسِ

The two young men are but like sleeping

Of the youth beneath soil and covered

تَشابَهَتِ الخُطوبُ فَما تَناءَت

حُرَيرَةُ لابِسٍ وَقَميصُ بِرسِ

Difficulties came alike so the garment

Of Labis and Burj's shirt did not differ

وَما غُذِيَ الأَميرُ كَما رَعاهُ

فَنيقُ الشَولِ مِن سَلَمٍ وَشِرسِ

Nor was the prince fed as he was raised

Delicate of partnership and aggressive

كَأَنَّ الشَدوَ في الأَعراسِ نَوحٌ

وَأَصواتُ النَوادِبِ لَهوُ عُرسِ

As if the wedding songs were Noah's weeping

And the voices of mourners the joy of the wed

أَنامُكِ أَيُّها الدُنِّيا ثِمارٌ

فَما تَبَقى عَلى وَمَدٍ وَقَرسِ

I sleep, Oh world, ripe fruit

That does not remain for long

وَلَو بَقِيَت لِأَدرَكَها مُزيلٌ

بِريبِ الدَهرِ مِن عَجمٍ وَضَرسِ

And if it remained, a remover would take it

With the mischief of time, foreigner or biter

وَلَيسَ اِبنُ الزُبيرِ صَحيحَ رَأيٍ

إِذا مانابَ عَن مَدَرٍ بِوَرسِ

And Ibn Az-Zubair has no sound opinion

If he turns away from guidance with hesitation