مِنَ الحامِلاتِ الحَمدَ لَمّا تَكَشَّفَت

ذَلاذِلُها وَاِستَأوَرَت لِلمُناشِدِ

When she unveiled, unveiled her alluring charms,

My praise is due for her grace and gentle calm.

فَهَل لِاِبنِ عَبدِ اللَهِ في شاكِرٍ لَكُم

لَمَعروفِ أَن أَطلَقتُمُ القَيدَ حامِدِ

Does Ibn Abdallah deserve your thanks, for he

Unbound the fetters of captivity?

وَما مِن بَلاءٍ غَيرَ كُلِّ عَشِيَّةٍ

وَكُلِّ غَداةٍ زائِراً غَيرَ عائِدِ

Each dawn and dusk brings but sorrow and pain,

No comfort or solace for me will remain.

يَقولُ لِيَ الحَدّادُ هَل أَنتَ قائِمٌ

وَهَل أَنا إِلّا مِثلُ آخَرَ قاعِدِ

The mender asks if I'm up, while he just sits,

Though we are both confined in our limits.

كَأَنّي حَرورِيٌّ لَهُ فَوقَ كَعبِهِ

ثَلاثونَ قَيداً مِن قَروصٍ مُلاكِدِ

My feet are bound by thirty heavy chains

Of unbreakable metal, causing me pains.

وَإِمّا بِدَينٍ ظاهِرٍ فَوقَ ساقِهِ

فَقَد عَلِموا أَن لَيسَ دَيني بِناقِدِ

My debts are clear for all to see and know,

I owe no man anything I need to show.

وَراوٍ عَلَيَّ الشِعرَ ما أَنا قُلتُهُ

كَمُعتَرِضٍ لِلرُمحِ دونَ الطَرائِدِ

When I recite my verses they object,

Like spears attacking me without respect.