وَقائِلٍ هاتِ شَوِّقنا فَقُلتُ لَهُ

أَنائِمٌ أَنتَ يا عَمرَو بنَ سَمّانِ

And someone who said bring to us our longing so I said to him

I have slept, are you Amr bin Samaan

أَما سَمِعتَ بِما قَد شاعَ في مُضَرٍ

وَفي الحَليفَينِ مِن نَجدٍ وَقَحطانِ

Have you not heard what has spread in Mudhar

And among both allies of Najd and Qahtan

قالَ الخَليفَةُ لا تَنسِب بِجارِيَةٍ

إِيّاكَ إِيّاكَ أَن تَشقى بِعِصيانِ

The caliph said do not attribute a slave girl

Be careful be careful that you suffer from disobedience