إِلَيكَ سَمَت يا اِبنَ الوَليدِ رِكابُنا

وَرُكبانُها أَسمى إِلَيكَ وَأَعمَدُ

To you our mounts hastened, O son of Al-Walid

And their riders are most keen to reach you and most steadfast

إِلى عُمَرٍ أَقبَلنَ مُعتَمِداتِهِ

سَراعاً وَنِعمَ الرَكبُ وَالمُتَعَمَّدُ

Towards a life we approached full of reliance

Hastening, and what a good band of riders and well-determined!

وَلَم تَجرِ إِلّا جِئتَ لِلخَيلِ سابِقاً

وَلا عُدتَ إِلّا أَنتَ في العودِ أَحمَدُ

You raced not except that you came first to the horses

And you did not return except that you were the most praiseworthy in returning

إِلى اِبنِ الإِمامَينِ اللَذَينِ أَبوهُما

إِمامٌ لَهُ لَولا النُبوَّةُ يُسجَدُ

To the son of the two Imams whose father was

An Imam, if not for prophethood, would be prostrated to

إِذا هُوَ أَعطى اليَومَ زادَ عَطاؤُهُ

عَلى ما مَضى مِنهُ إِذا أَصبَحَ الغَدُ

When he grants today, his granting surpasses

What he previously gave when tomorrow dawns

بِحَقِّ اِمرِئٍ بَينَ الوَليدِ قَناتُهُ

وَكِندَةَ فَوقَ المُرتَقى يَتَصَعَّدُ

By the right of a man whose loyalty is between Al-Walid and

Kinda above the heights ascending

أَقولُ لِحَرفٍ لَم يَدَع رَحلُها لَها

سَناماً وَتَثويرُ القَطا وَهوَ هُجَّدُ

I say to a letter whose saddle did not leave it a

Saddlecloth and the stirring of war when it was excited

عَلَيكِ فَتى الناسِ الَّذي إِن بَلَغتِهِ

فَما بَعدَهُ في نائِلٍ مُتَلَدَّدُ

Upon you O gem of mankind, whoever you reach

Then none after is more deserving in the eligible

وَإِنَّ لَهُ نارَينِ كِلتاهُما لَها

قِرىً دائِمٌ قُدّامَ بَيتَيهِ توقَدُ

And he has two fires, both of which have

An eternal abode in front of his house kindled

فَهَذي لِعَبطِ المُشبَعاتِ إِذا شَتا

وَهَذي يَدٌ فيها الحُسامُ المُهَنَّدُ

This one is for the whims of the satiated women when they please

And this one a hand in which is the sharpened sword

وَلَو خَلَّدَ الفَخرُ اِمرَأً في حَياتِهِ

خَلَدتَ وَما بَعدَ النَبِيُّ مُخَلَّدُ

If glory immortalized a man during his life

You are immortalized, and none after the Prophet is immortalized

وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ عُوِّدتَ لِلمَجدِ عادَةً

وَهَل فاعِلٌ إِلّا بِما يَتَعَوَّدُ

And you are a man accustomed to glory as a habit

Does a doer act except with what he is accustomed?

تُسائِلُني ما بالُ جَنبِكَ جافِياً

أَهَمٌّ جَفا أَم جَفنُ عَينِكَ أَرمَدُ

You ask me, why am I aloof from your side

More preoccupied with aloofness or my eye diseased?

فَقُلتُ لَها لا بَل عِيالٌ أَراهُمُ

وَما لُهُمُ ما فيهِ لِلغَيثِ مَقعَدُ

So I said to her, no but it is because of children I see

And they have naught in which the rain has a basin