لَم أَنسَ إِذ نوديتُ ما قالَ مالِكٌ

وَنَحنُ قِيامٌ بَينَ أَيدي الرَكايِبِ

I did not forget when Malik called me out

As we stood before the mounted travelers

وَصِيَّتَهُ إِذ قالَ هَل أَنتَ مُخبِرٌ

عَنِ الناسِ ما أَمسوا بِهِ يا اِبنَ غالِبِ

And his request when he said, “Are you the informant

Of people and how they spent this day, O Ibn Ghalib?”

فَقُلتُ نَعَم وَالراقِصاتِ إِلى مِنىً

لَئِن بَلَغَت بي مُنتَهى كُلِّ راغِبِ

So I said “Yes, and the dancing girls are going to Mina

If I reach the goal of every desirer”

وَكانَ وَفاءُ الناسِ خَيرُهُمُ لَهُم

نَدىً وَيَداً قَد أُترِعَت كُلَّ جانِبِ

And the loyalty of people was best for them

A call and a hand that grabbed every side

لَأَشتَكِيَن شَكوى يَكونُ اِشتِكاؤُها

لَها نُجُحاً أَو عِذرَةً لِلمُخاطِبِ

I will complain a complaint that my complaining

Will either help me or excuse the addressed

شَكَوتُ إِلَيكَ الجَهدَ لِلناسِ وَالقِرى

وَأَنَّ الذُرى قَد عُدنَ مِثلَ الغَوارِبِ

I complained to you of the hardship of people and homes

And that offspring have returned like strangers