أَجِدَّكَ لَم تَهتَج لِرَسمِ المَنازِلِ

وَدارِ مُلوكٍ فَوقَ ذاتِ السَلاسِلِ

I find you did not get excited about the drawing of houses,

And the home of kings above those in chains,

تَجودُ الثُرَيّا فَوقَها وَتَضَمَّنَت

لَها بَرَداً يُذري أُصولَ الأَسافِلِ

The Pleiades shine above it and it contained

For it a coolness that flows to the roots of the lowlands,

إِذا عَذِراتُ الحَيِّ كانَ نِتاجُها

كُروماً تَدَلّى فَوقَ أَعرَفَ مائِلِ

If the excuses of the living were their offspring

Vineyards hanging above the most knowing slopes,

دِيارٌ زَهاها اللَهُ لَم يَعتَلِج بِها

رِعاءُ الشَوِيِّ مِن وَراءِ الشَوائِلِ

Homes made prosperous by God, shepherds of declination

Did not enter them from behind the screens,

فَمَهما يَكُن مِنّي فَلَستُ بِكاذِبٍ

وَلَستُ بِخَوّانِ الأَمينِ المُجامِلِ

So whatever I may be, I am not a liar,

And not betraying the trusted, courteous companion,

وَإِنّي إِذا ما قُلتُ قَولاً فَعَلتُهُ

وَأُعرِضُ عَمّا لَيسَ قَلبي بِفاعِلِ

And if I say something I do it,

And turn away from what my heart is not doing,

وَمَن مُكرِهي إِن شِئتُ أَن لا أَقولُهُ

وَفَجعُ الأَمينِ شيمَةٌ غَيرُ طائِلِ

And whoever forces me, if I want not to say it

And the agony of the trusted is no use,