يا اِبنَ عَبدِ العَزيزِ لَو بَكَتِ العَي

نُ فَتىً مِن أُمِيَّةٍ لَبَكَيتُك

O son of Abd al-Aziz, if eyes shed tears

For an Umayyad youth, I would weep for you.

غَيرَ أَنّي أَقولُ إِنَّكَ قَد طِب

تَ وَإِن لَم يَطِب وَلَم يَزكُ بَيتُك

But I say you are blessed,

Even if your house is not blessed or pure.

أَنتَ نَزَّهتَنا عَنِ السَبِّ وَالقَذ

فِ فَلَو أَمكَنَ الجَزاءُ جَزَيتُك

You saved us from insult and abuse -

If I could repay you, I would.

وَلَوَ اَنّي رَأَيتُ قَبرَكَ لَاِستَح

يَيتُ مِن أَن أُرى وَما حَيَّيتُك

If I saw your grave, I would be shy

To look on you, though you lived.

وَقَليلٌ أَن لَو بَذَلتُ دِماءَ ال

بُدنِ حُزناً عَلى الذُرى وَسَقَيتُك

It would be little if I shed my blood

In sorrow for those in the tombs, and watered you.

دَيرَ سَمعانَ لا أَغَبَّكَ غادٍ

خَيرُ مَيتٍ مِن آلِ مَروانَ مَيتُك

Deir Sam'an does not miss you when absent -

Better a dead man from the Marwanids than your dead.

أَنتَ بِالذِكرِ بَينَ عَيني وَقَلبي

إِن تَدانَيتُ مِنكَ أَو قَد نَأَيتُك

You are in my thoughts and heart

Whether I draw near or keep far from you.

وَإِذا حَرَّكَ الحَشا خاطِرٌ مِن

كَ تَوَهَّمتُ أَنَّني قَد رَأَيتُك

When something stirs my mind of you

I imagine I have seen you.

وَعَجيبٌ أَنّي قَلَيتُ بَني مَر

وانَ طُرّاً وَأَنَّني ما قَلَيتُك

And strange that I hate the Marwanids

As birds, when I did not hate you,

قَرُبَ العَدلُ مِنكَ لَمّا نَأى الجَو

رُ بِهِم فَاجتَوَيتُهُم وَاِجتَبَيتُك

Justice was close to you when they withdrew -

I drew near to it and chose you.

فَلَوَ اَنّي مَلَكتُ دَفعاً لِما نا

بَكَ مِن طارِقِ الرَدى لَفَدَيتُك

If I could avert what befell you

From the nightcomer of returning, I would ransom you.