عَدَدتَ رِجالاً مِن قُعَينَ تَفَجُّساً

فَما اِبنُ لُبَينى وَالتَفَجُّسُ وَالفَخرُ

You counted men from Quayn as spies

Yet the son of Lubna is no spy or boaster

شَأَتكَ قُعَينٌ غَثُّها وَسَمينُها

وَأَنتَ السَهُ السُفلى إِذا دُعِيَت نَصرُ

Quayn deemed you rabble and riffraff

While you are the lowest part when called for help

وَعَيَّرتَنا تَمرَ العِراقِ وَبُرَّهُ

وَزادُكَ أَيرُ الكَلبِ شَوَّطَهُ الجَمرُ

You reproached us for Iraqi dates and seeds

While the reward for your dog was embers that burned him

مَعازيلُ حَلّالونَ بِالغَيبِ وَحدَهُم

بِعَمياءَ حَتّى يُسأَلوا الغَدَ ما الأَمرُ

Connivers who judge in secret and alone

Blind till asked tomorrow what the matter is

فَلَو كُنتُمُ مِنَ اللَيالي لَكُنتُمُ

كَلَيلَةِ سِرٍّ لا هِلالٌ وَلا بَدرُ

Had you been like the nights you’d have been

A night of secrets, moonless and starless

فَدَعها وَسَلِّ الهَمَّ عَنكَ بِجَسرَةٍ

عَلَيها مِنَ الحَولِ الَّذي قَد مَضى كَترُ

So leave it be, cast away your worries with serenity

Over it, of the past year that has elapsed like a heap