يا راكِباً إِمّا عَرَضتَ فَبَلَّغَن

عَلى النَأيِ مِنّي عَبدَ شَمسٍ وَهاشِما

O rider, if you pass by my beloved

Convey my greetings to the one far from me, a servant of the sun and a Hashemite

هَلّا أَمَرتُم حينَ حانَ هَجينُكُم

بِشَتمِ سِوى حَسّانَ إِن كانَ شاتِما

Why didn’t you command when it was time for your departure

That I be rebuked except for Hassan if he is one who reproaches

ثَكِلتُ اِبنَتي إِن لَم يُقَطِّعكَ ماجِدٌ

حُسامٌ يَرُدُّ العَيرَ مِثلَكَ واحِما

May my daughter be bereaved if Majid does not hack you to pieces

With a sword that repels the likes of you, O protector

وَإِن لَم تَقُل سِرّاً لِنَفسِكَ إِنَّني

أَصَبتُ كَريماً ثُمَّ أَصبَحتَ نادِما

And if you do not say to yourself in secret, “I have attained

A generous man, and in the morning I became regretful”

تَخَيَّر ثَلاثاً كُلُّهُنَّ مَهانَةٌ

سَلاسِلُ أَغلالٍ تَشينُ المَقادِما

Choose from three, all of them humiliations:

Chains and shackles that disgrace the newcomer

وَتُترَكُ مِثلَ الكَلبِ يَملُجُ أَيرَهُ

وَتَنزِعُ مَحسوراً وَتَقعُدُ آثِما

And you are left like a dog licking his sores

And you are dragged away in humiliation, sitting in sin