راحَت رَواحاً بَينَ كُنّادِ
وَأَخلَفَت ظَنّي وَميعادي
She went away between the sand dunes
And broke my expectations and my promises
وَبِتُّ مُشتاقاً إِلى وَجهِها
أَلقى عَلَيهِ غُلَّةَ الصادي
I spend the night longing for her face
Bearing the cover of loss upon me
فَقُلتُ لِلنَفسِ قِفي إِنَّها
شيمَةُ ما في الوَعدِ ميعادِ
So I said to myself, stop, she is
Of the nature of the untrue promise
ما كُلُّ برقٍ مُرشِدٌ ماؤُهُ
وَلا صَديقٌ كُلُّ مُعتادِ
Not every lightning flash has pouring rain
Nor every friend is trustworthy
كَم دونَها مِن مَنهَلٍ آجِنٍ
وَمِن ذُرى طَودٍ وَأَعقادِ
How many watering places below her are fertile
And lofty sand dunes and twining vines
وَمِن سَخاوِيٍّ بِها مُشرِفٍ
لِلعَينِ مِن مَثنى وَأَفرادِ
And generous palms rising above
For the eye, paired and single
فَعَزِّ نَفساً قَلبُها شاخِصٌ
بِفَقدِ مَن لَيسَ بِمِفقادِ
So cheer up a soul whose heart longs
For one not lost and missed
وَصاحِبٍ يُعطي وَيُبدي العُلى
رَكّابُ أَهوالٍ وَأَعوادِ
And a companion who gives and shows nobility
Enduring fears and returning
صَحِبتُهُ في المُلكِ أَو عودِهِ
فَزادَ في عِدَّةِ حُسّادي
I accompanied him in power or its loss
And increased the number of my enviers
يا طالِبَ الحاجاتِ لا تَعصِني
وَاِسمَع فَإِنّي ناصِحٌ هادِ
O you who seek needs, do not disobey me
And listen, I am an advising guide
دَع عَنكَ حَمّاداً وَخُلقانَهُ
لا خَيرَ في خُلقانِ حَمّادِ
Leave Hammad and his character
No good is in the character of Hammad
المُؤثِرُ الرَأسَ عَلى رَبِّهِ
وَالجاعِلُ الخِنزيرَ في الزادِ
One who prefers the head to his Lord
And puts the pig among provisions
طَرّادُ وِلدانٍ إِذا ما غَدا
ما كُلُّ لوطِيٍّ بِطَرّادِ
Chasing boys whenever he goes out
Not every sodomite is a chaser
بَرِئتُ مِن هَذا وَمِن دينِهِ
يُصبِحُ لِلخِشفِ بِمِرصادِ
I am quit of him and his religion
He lays up at daybreak to ambush
بِئسَ الشَوانِيُّ لَهُ مَنصِبٌ
في آلِ نِهيا غَيرُ مُرتادِ
Miserable is the officer, he has a position
Among the family of Nuhayy, not often visited
لا يَشرَبُ الخَمرَ وَلَكِنَّهُ
يَأكُلُها أَكلَ اِمرِئٍ عادِ
He does not drink wine, but
He eats it, eating like Imr'e Al-Qais
سُمّيتَ عَبدَ الرَأسِ مِن حُبِّهِ
قَد عَلِمَ الحاضِرُ وَالبادي
You were named slave of the head for its love
The present and the far know
سَمّاكَ حَمّاداً أَبٌ كاذِبٌ
ما أَنتَ لِلَّهِ بِحَمّادِ
A lying father named you Hammad
You are not Hammad for God
أَبَعدَ خَمسينَ تَكَمَّلتَها
تَبكي عَلى اِستٍ المُسمِرِ العادي
After fifty which you completed
You cry over the peg of Is, the usual
عَرَّدتَ عَن قَرمِ بَني هاشِمٍ
وَالمَوتُ يَحدوكَ بِهِ الحادي
You have turned away from the shame of the Hashimites
And death urges you on towards it
لَولا تَنَحّيكَ وَفى نَذرَهُ
فيكَ فَأَصبَحتَ مَعَ الزادِ
Were it not for your turning aside and fulfilling
His vow in you, you would be among provisions
ما أَنتَ بِالزاني وَلَكِنَّما
وَرِثتَ عَن حَشٍّ وَوَلّادِ
You are not an adulterer, but
You have inherited from a wandering seducer
لَو كُنتَ مِمَّن يَتَّقي سَوأَةً
أَعوَلتَ مِن سُخطي وَإِبعادي
If you were of those who fear dishonor
You would refrain from my anger and rejection
تَخدُمُ أَقواماً وَخَلَّيتَني
وَقَد تَراني حَيَّةَ الوادي
You serve a people and left me
When you see me as the snake of the valley
