إنّ لموْكَا عليَّ مكْرُمَةً

لَيْسَتْ لِبُعْدِ الديارِ أَجْحَدُها

Indeed, Muwakka has a kindness to me

Not lessened by the distance of homelands

قُلْ لابنِ يحيى قدْ كانَ منْكَ لَنا

مَجالِسٌ عِنْدَنا تُرَدِّدُها

Say to the son of Yaḥyá, you have had with us

Gatherings that we often recall

وكُنْتَ تَأْتي بكُلِّ شارِدَةٍ

منْ نَظْمِكَ الدُّرَّ كُنْتَ تَسْرُدُها

And you would bring every wandering thought

Of your poetry whose pearls you would string

هَل ذَاكَ للبَيْن عَنْ أزَالَ أم ال

حجّاج فاعْلَمْ بذَاكَ مَوْرِدُها

Is this because of separation that removed it or

Pilgrims, so know by that its course

وَيْلُ أمِّ حَجّاجَ قد أتيتَ على

إخراجها للأَنام تَشْهَدها

Woe to the mother of Ḥajjáj, you have come upon

Bringing her out to the people as witness

أبْرَزَها كالهِلالِ طالِعَةً

كَمْ عِلَّةٍ للغَرامِ تُبْرِدُها

Displaying her like the emerging crescent moon

How many reasons for passion it cools