أيا أَيُّها المُهدي لِيَ الشَتمَ ظالِماً

وَلَستُ بِأَهلٍ حينَ أُذكَرُ لِلشَتمِ

O Mahdi who insults me unjustly

I am not deserving when I am mentioned with insult

أَبى الشَتمَ أَنّي سَيِّدٌ وَاِبنُ سادَةٍ

مَطاعينَ في الهَيجا مَطاعيمَ لِلجُرمِ

Insult refuses that I am a master and son of masters

Obeyed in heyjah, obeyed for crime

هُم مَنَحوا الضُرّا أَباكَ وَطاعَنوا

وَذاكَ الَّذي يُرمى ذَليلاً وَلا يَرمي

They granted harm upon your father and stabbed

And that which is thrown disgracefully and does not throw

كَمُستَلحَمٍ في ظُلمَةِ اللَيلِ مِحزِماً

رَأى المَوتَ صِرفاً وَالسُيوفَ بِها تُضمي

Like a shaved in the darkness of night, belted

Saw death turning and the swords with it stabbing

أَدِبّ عَلى أَنماطِ بَيضاءَ حُرَّةٍ

مُقابَلَةِ الجَدَّينِ ماجِدَةِ العَمِ

Educated on the patterns of free white (women)

Facing the two grandfathers, glorious pillar

وَأَنتَ لِحُنَفاءِ اليَدَينِ لَو أَنَّها

تُباعُ لِما جاءَت بِزِندٍ وَلا سَهمِ

And you for skilled hands, if sold

Would not have come with a spear or arrow

وَإِني عَلى ما كانَ أَوَّلُ أَوَّلي

عَلَيهِ كَذاكَ القَرمُ يُنتَجُ لِلقَرمِ

And I am upon what was the first of firsts

Upon it is the palm produced for the palm

وَأُكرِمُ نَفسي عَن أُمرٍ دَنيئَةٍ

أَصونُ بِها عِرضي وَآسو بِها كَلمي

And I honor myself from a lowly matter

With which I protect my honor and console my words

وَأَصفَحُ عَمَّن لَو أَشاءُ جَزَيتُهُ

فَيَمنَعُني رُشدي وَيُدرُكني حُلُمي

And I pardon whoever, if I wished, I would repay him

But my rationality prevents me and my patience reaches me

وَأَغفِرُ لِلمَولى وَإِن ذو عَظيمَةٍ

عَلى البَغيِ مِنها لا يَضيقُ بِها جُرمي

And I forgive the master even if of great

Transgression, it does not narrow within my body

فَهَذيِ فِعالي ما بَقيتُ وإنَّني

لَموصٍ بِها عَقبي وَقَومي وَذا رَحمي

So these are my actions as long as I remain

Entrusted with them are my consequence, my people, and my kin