لَحا اللَهُ ماءً حَنبَلٌ قَيِّمٌ لَهُ

قَفا ضَبَّةٍ تَحتَ الصَفاةِ مَكونِ

God has created water, an upright palm tree beside it

With clusters hanging under the branches

إِذا ما وَرَدتَ الماءَ فَاِدلِف لِحَنبَلٍ

بِقَعبِ سَويقٍ أَو بِقَعبِ طَحينِ

When you come to the water, turn to the palm tree

With bread of coarse flour or bread of fine flour

أَوَيتُ لِأَبناءِ الطَريقِ مِنِ اِمرِئٍ

شَروبُ الأَداوي لِلرَكِيِّ دَفونِ

I give the sons of the road, from a nobleman

Drinks that heal the wearied, buried

وَلَو عَلِمَ الحَجّاجُ عِلمَكَ لَم تَبِع

يَمينُكَ ماءً مُسلِماً بِثَمينِ

Had Al-Hajjaj known your knowledge, he would not have followed

Your right hand water, a Muslim, at great cost

لَحاوَلتَ جَدعاً أَو لَأُلفيتَ مُقعَداً

تَزَحُّفَ تَمشي مِشيَةَ اِبنِ وَضينِ

You would have pretended to be lame or I would have found you sitting down

Crawling, walking like the son of Wadin