حَمَّلتُ مِن جَرمٍ مَثاقيلَ حاجَتي

كَريمَ المُحَيّا مُشنَقاً بِالعَلائِقِ

I have burdened myself with the weight of my sins,

The generous man, with the rope around his neck,

أَغَرَّ تَرى سيما اِلتَقى بِجَبينِهِ

إِذا ما غَدا وَالمِسكُ بَينَ المَفارِقِ

Does the beauty spot appear more alluring, I wonder

When it meets his forehead at dawn while the musk is still between the parting (of lovers)?

إِذا اِجتَمَعَ الأَقوامُ أُيِّهَ بِاِسمِهِ

أَمامَ النَواصي عِندَ بابِ السُرادِقِ

When the people gather, they call him by his name

In front of the forelocks at the door of the canopy

إِذا ما اِرتَقَوا ثُمَّ اِرتَقى قَلَصَت بِهِ

شَماريخُ طَودٍ شاهِقٌ بَعدَ شاهِقِ

When they ascend, then he ascends, to him are constricted

The lofty peaks of mountains, towering after towering

إِذا ضُمَّ أَصحابُ الرِهانِ وَجَدتَهُ

أَخا حَلَباتٍ سابِقاً وَاِبنَ سابِقِ

When the racing companions gather, you will find him

A brother of galloping horses, an outpacing son of an outpacer

حَباكَ بِوُدّي يا اِبنَ عُروَةَ قاسِمُ الـ

ـحُظوظِ وَرَبٌّ عالِمٌ بِالخَلائِقِ

I hold you in my affection, O son of 'Urwa, Qasim

Of good fortunes, and a Lord knowing all creations

حَبَوتُ بِها الجَرمِيَّ إِنّي وَجَدتُهُ

مِنَ الأُسرَةِ الحامينَ عِندَ الحَقائِقِ

I have loved Al-Jarami for I found him

Among the protective families, staunch in principles

بِهِم تَتَّقي السَبيَ النِساءُ وَتَبتَهي

إِذا اِتَّخَذوا أَسيافَهُم كَالمَخارِقِ

With them, women are protected from captivity, raising

Their swords like erect pillars

عَلى عَهدِ ذي القَرنَينِ كانَت سُيوفُهُم

عَمائِمَ هاماتِ المُلوكِ البَطارِقِ

In the days of Dhu al-Qarnayn, their swords were

Turbans of the heads of supreme kings