قَطَعَ الطَريقَ بِمَهمَهٍ وَنَظيرَهُ

في المِصرِ فَعِلَ مُنَجِّمٍ وَمُعَزِّمِ

He blocked the way with a burden, and his like

In Egypt did an astrologer and determined one

تَتَوافَقُ الأَسماءُ مِنّا وَالكِنى

مُتَبايِناتٌ فَاِنهَ جَهلاً وَاِحزَمِ

Our names match, while our nicknames

Differ, for that is ignorance and resolution

هَيهاتَ ما الجَوزاءُ تَرزُم عِندَها

وَجناءُ كَالجَوزاءِ ذاتِ المِرزَمِ

Never shall Al Jawzā yield them, there

As Al Jawzā with her anklet

وَتَشابُهُ الأَخلاقِ مِن مُتَباعِدي نَجرٍ

وَلَيسَ خُزَيمَةٌ مِن أَخزَمِ

And resemblance of manners from those far flung

Not Khuzaymah from Akhzam

وَبِعَينِ سُلوانَ الَّتي في قُدسِها

طَعمٌ يُوَهِّمُ أَنَّها مِن زَمزَمِ

By the eye of Sulaymān in its sanctity

A taste that makes one think it from Zamzam

وَالمَرءُ يُسخَطُ ما أَتاهُ وَكَم فَتىً

كَالشَنِّ يَنفَعُ أَهلَهُ بِمَهَزَّمِ

A man gets angry at what came to him, and how many a guy

Like gravel benefits his family by the defeated one

غَضِبَ المُمَلَّكُ أَنَّ خِرجاً لَم يَفِر

وَالعَبدُ أَنَّ سَقاءَهُ لَم يُخزَمِ

The ruler got angry that Khirj didn't flee

And the slave that his water-skin was not stoppered

وَالخَيرُ أَفضَلُ ما اِعتَقَدتَ فَلا تَكُن

هَمَلاً وَصَلِّ بِقُبلَةٍ أَو زَمزِمِ

The best is the belief you held so be not

Neglectful, and pray towards a site or Zamzam

وَوَجَدتُ نَفسَ الحُرِّ تَجعَلُ كَفُّهُ

صِفراً وَتُلزِمُهُ بِما لَم يُلزَمِ

And I found the soul of the free man makes his palm

Yellow, and obligates him with what he was not obliged