أَلا ما لِقَلبي لا يَزولُ عَنِ الهَوى

وَقَد زَعَموا أَنَّ القُلوبَ تُقَلَّبُ

Alas! Why does my heart not desist from passion

Though they claimed that hearts are apt to change

أَصَفراءُ ما لي في المَدامَةِ سُلوَةٌ

فَأَسلو وَلا في الغانِياتِ مُعَقَّبُ

Pale-faced one, I find no solace in wine

So I drink, but find no joy in singers

إِذا لَم تَرَ الذُهلِيَّ أَنوَكَ فَاِلتَمِس

لَهُ نَسَباً غَيرَ الَّذي يَتَنَسَّبُ

If you do not see Duhul yearning for you

Then attribute to him another lineage

وَأَمّا بَنو قَيسٍ فَإِنَّ نَبيذَهُم

كَثيرٌ وَلَكِن دِرهَمُ القَومِ كَوكَبُ

As for the clan of Qais, their wine is plentiful

But the people's coins are as rare as stars

وَسَيِّدُ تَيمِ اللاتِ تَحتَ غِذائِهِ

هِزبَرٌ وَأَمّا في اللِقاءِ فَثَعلَبُ

The chief of Lat's Taym beneath his food

Is a rodent, but in battle a fox

وَقَد كانَ في شَيبانَ عِزٌّ فَحَلَّقَت

بِهِ في قَديمِ الدَهرِ عَنقاءُ مُغرِبُ

Glory to Lujaym and Qaswaran whose

Tusks and claws are gone, no fang or talon remains

وَحَيّا لُجَيمٍ قَسوَرانِ تُنُزِّعَت

شَباتُهُما لَم يَبقَ نابٌ وَمِخلَبُ

Most disgraced are those visited by Duba'a

They are reptiles to whom no veiled one proposed

وَأَنذَلُ مَن يَمشي ضُبَيعَةُ إِنَّهُم

زَعانِفُ لَم يَخطُب إِلَيهِم مُحَجَّبُ

Eunuchs thank them for the honor

Can the castrated attain glory in seclusion?

وَيَشكُرُ خِصيانٌ عَلَيهِم غَضارَةٌ

وَهَل يُدرِكُ المَجدَ الخَصِيُّ المُحَجَّبُ

Ibn Hatim has increased the nobility of Iraq

As the adorned one exalted the East and West

لَقَد زادَ أَشرافَ العِراقِ اِبنُ حاتِمٍ

كَما سادَ أَهلَ المَشرِقَينِ المُهَلَّبُ

The hand of the generous Rawh son of Hatim

Blessed me with a kingdom in a generous and pleasing hand

صَفَت لي يَدُ الفَيّاضِ رَوحِ بنِ حاتِمٍ

بِمُلكِ يَدٍ كَالماءِ يَصفو وَيَعذُبُ

Seek him in the morning, he is the sought

The seeker of your best friend is the sought

طَلوبٌ وَمِطلابٌ إِلَيهِ إِذا غَدا

وَخَيرُ خَليلَيكَ الطَلوبُ المُطَلَّبُ