إذا الهَشِمُ الفَهُّ اشترى ببناته

وجدِّك لم أرقع بهن خلالي

If the profligate spendthrift sold his daughters

Your diligence did not patch up my defects

جعلت بناتي في مواليَّ قَصرةً

وما راعني ذو شورة وجمال

I made my daughters slaves in their mansions

And I was not concerned with splendor and beauty

وما راعني شَكد وبُردَا سحابة

ولا ذرع نوبي أشق طوال

And I was not concerned with an empty and cold cloud

Or the long reach of an outstretched rope

رأيت الأُلى يأتون للحق دعوتي

مواليَّ والأُقصَينَ غيرُ موالي

I saw the near ones respond to my call

My masters, not the strangers who were not loyal

ولست ببان لامرىء سَمكَ بيته

وأترك بيتي خاويا بخمال

And I do not reveal to anyone the pillar of his house

And I leave my house empty out of pride