وقال أيضاً:
البسيط
O house of Hind, whose traces have vanished
Except for its winding valleys and ravines
يا دَارَ هِندٍ عَفَت إِلّا أَثافِيها
بَينَ الطَويِّ فَصاراتٍ فَواديها
A friend once looked after it but could not preserve it
And a lovely woman once dwelled in its isolation
أَرَّى عَلَيها وَلِيٌّ ما يُغَيِّرُها
وَديمَةٌ حُلِّلَت فيها عَزاليها
Time has changed its acquaintances after me
And the winds have scattered its melodies
قَد غَيَّرَ الدَهرُ مِن بَعدي مَعارِفَها
وَالريحُ فَاِدَّفَنَت فيها مَغانيها
Destruction has overwritten it with its trails
So it became like crushed ice in its barrenness
جَرَت عَلَيها بِأَذيالٍ لَها عُصُفٌ
فَأَصبَحَت مِثلَ سَحقِ البُردِ عافيها
It was as if a twig of boxthorn reproached me
When I asked about it but it did not heed my chant
كَأَنَّني ساوَرَتني يَومَ أَسأَلُها
عَودٌ مِنَ الرُقشِ ما تُصغي لِراقيها
Until when it disappeared from me I sat upon
A cliff perishing in a land enduring its misery
حَتّى إِذا ما اِنجَلَت عَنَّي قَعَدتُ عَلى
هَرفٍ تَهالَكُ في بِيدٍ تُقاسِيها
I hurl it away from me although it withers
On a night when its resident knows no sleep
أَرمي بِها مَعرِضَ الدَوِّيِّ ضامِرَةً
في لَيلَةٍ ما يَذُوقُ النَومَ سارِيها
When it climbs a barren land toward a town
I task it with erecting the poles of flags reaching its summit
إِذا عَلَت بَلَداً قَفراً إِلى بَلَدٍ
كَلَّفتُها روسَ أَعلامٍ تُساميها
To you, O son of Shammas, I complained of it
As we traversed the expanse when its aspects appeared
إِلَيكُمُ يا اِبنَ شَمّاسٍ شَجَجتُ بِها
عُرضَ الفَلاةِ إِذا لاحَت فَيافيها
Until I steered my camel in your lands
With the best of those who don unshod and shod feet
حَتّى أَنَختُ قَلوصي في دِيارِكُمُ
بِخَيرِ مَن يَحتَذي نَعلاً وَحافيها
By the life of Him who flows to His Sacred House
Great throngs of pilgrims arriving at its appointment
إِنّي لَعَمرُ الَّذي يَسري لِكَعبَتِهِ
عُظمُ الحَجيجِ لِميقاتٍ يُوافيها
He came to my aid and brought me close
A youth who donned his mantle though bare
لَقَد تَدارَكَني مِنهُ وَلاحَمَني
سَيبٌ كَسا أَعظُماً قَد لاحَ عاريها
May God reward him well, a trusted brother
And guide him with virtuous guidance, his leader
فَليَجزِهِ اللَهُ خَيراً مِن أَخي ثِقَةٍ
وَليَهدِهِ بِهُدى الخَيراتِ هاديها
Who joins thousands to thousands in alliance
And gives hundreds in plenty, their shepherd
المُخلِفُ الأَلفَ بَعدَ الأَلفِ يُتلِفُها
وَالوَاهِبُ المِئَةَ المِعكى وَراعيها
A people who grew in the line of Sa’d at its peak
When the efforts of Sa’d are recounted
قَومٌ نَمَوا في بَني سَعدِن وَذِروَتِها
يَوماً إِذا عُدَّ مِن سَعدٍ مَساعيها
May God protect them, a people of lineage
When crisis befalls people, present and absent
لِلَّهِ دَرُّهُمُ قَوماً ذَوي حَسَبٍ
يَوماً إِذا جُلبَةٌ حَلَّت مَرَاسيها
The trusted allies of the Prophet’s neighbor whatever they knot
Among them the foremost to heed the call and its summoner
أَهلُ الحِفاظِ إِذا ما أَزمَةٌ أَزَمَت
بِالناسِ حاضِرِهِم مِنها وَباديها
And those who ignite the flames of war when ignited
On a day when the prayer caller is driven away from it
الموثِقونَ لِجارِ البَيتِ ما عَقَدوا
وَمِنهُمُ سابِقُ الجُلّى وَداعيها
They walk in the armor of David as though they are
Stallions whose hides are smeared with tar
وَالمُشعِلونَ ضِرامَ الحَربِ إِذ لَقِحَت
يَوماً إِذا اِزوَرَّ عَنها مَن يُصاليها
They wage the heat of fray in every battlefield
With horses altogether, blond and dark-coated
يَمشونَ في نَسجِ داوُودٍ كَأَنَّهمُ
بُزلٌ طَلى أُدمَها بِالزِفتِ طاليها
Beneath their framed forelocks walks disheveled hair
Tied on high beneath the headbands
يَصلَونَ حَرَّ الوَغى في كُلِّ مُعتَرَكٍ
بِالخَيلِ قاطِبَةً شُقراً هَواديها
تَمشي بِشِكِّتِهِم شُعثٌ مُسَوَّمَةٌ
تَحتَ الضَبابَةِ مَعقوداً نَواصيها
