أَلا لَيتَ شِعري ما تَقولُ مُجاشِعٌ

إِذا قالَ راعي النيبِ أَودى الفَرَزدَقُ

Alas, I wonder what the lover will say

When the shepherd of An-Nabi is lost, Al-Farazdaq

أَلَم أَكُ أَكفيها وَأَحمي ذِمارَها

وَأَبلُغُ أَقصى ما بِهِ مُتَعَلَّقُ

Did I not protect her and guard her family line

And attain the utmost that one attached to her could attain?

وَإِنّي لَمِمّا أورِدُ الخَصمَ جَهدَهُ

إِذا لَم يَكُن إِلّا الشَجى وَالمُخَنَّقُ

Yet I am of those who exhaust the opponent

When there is nothing left but grief and strangulation