أَبا جَعفَر سُمتَني خُطّة

تَجاوَزتَ فيها وَلَم تَعدِل

Oh Abu Ja'far, you have outlined a scheme for me

In which you were unjust and did not act with fairness

وَخُبّرتَ عَن قَولة قُلتُها

أَحرّ وَأَبرى من المُنصُل

And you informed me of words I had said

More burning and more innocent than streaming tears

تَوَهّمتَ فيها خِلافي عَلَي

كَ وَماذا جَزاء الأَخ المُفضِل

You imagined I opposed you

What should be the reward of a favored brother?

وَقلت يراني بِعَين اِزدِراء

وَفي قيمَة الأَوضَع الأَرذَل

And you said he sees me with scornful eyes

And values me as the lowest of creatures

وَذلِكَ أَنّيَ من جَبُّل

فَلِم قُلتَ ذاكَ وَلَم تَعجَل

That is because I am from Jubail

Why did you say that and did not wait?

هما صلعة أَنا في صَدرِها

فَبَغداد تَقرب من جَبُّل

We both have a bald spot in our chests

So Baghdad is closer to Jubail

وَدَع عَنكَ ما بَعد ما تَستَري

ب وَعَدِّ عَن المُنكر المشكل

Leave off what is indecent after you conceal it

And turn away from the problematic unknown

وَأكِّد شَريطَة ما بَينَنا

بِقَول من الحَقّ مُستَقبَل

And affirm the bond between us

With words of truth in the future