قُولا لريمٍ في حِلَّةِ العَرَبِ

إليك أشكُو ما يَصْنَعُ اسمُك بي

Say to Reyem in the garb of the Arabs

I complain to you of what your name does to me

بما استجازَتْ عيناكِ سفكَ دَمِي

وأَخْذَ قَلبي في جُملةِ السَّلَبِ

With what your eyes deemed lawful shedding my blood

And capturing my heart among the loot

جارُكِ أولَى بِرَعْيِ ذِمّتِه

إن أنْتِ رَاعيتِ حُرمةَ الصّقَبِ

Your neighbor is more deserving of guarding his covenant

If you guarded the sanctity of lineage

لولاكِ والدَّهرُ كلُّه عجَبٌ

ما خُفِرَتْ فيَّ ذِمّةُ العَرَبِ

Were it not for you, and time is all wonder

My covenant with the Arabs would not have been violated

هذا هوىً كنتُ في بُلَهْنِيَةٍ

عنه فيا للرّجالِ للعَجَبِ

This was a love when I was in Bulaheniya

A wondrous thing for men, a wondrous thing

أيسترقُّ الكريمَ ذَا النّسبِ ال

واضِحِ عبدٌ مُستعجِمُ النّسَبِ

Does the noble one of pure lineage

Kidnap a slave of foreign lineage?

ويَحملُ الثّأْرَ مَن به خَوَرٌ

عن احتمالِ الحجَالِ والقُلُبِ

And avenge one in whom is dishonor

For bearing the insults and sorrows?

نشدتُكِ اللهَ في احتمالِ دَمي

فمعشَرِي ما يفوتُهم طَلَبي

I implore you by God in bearing my blood

For my people will not overlook my request

ما فاتَ قومِي آلَ المهلَّبِ مِن

قبلِيَ ثأرٌ في سَالِفِ الحِقَبِ

What the family of Mahallabi missed before me

Were rights of revenge in past eras

فلا تُرِيقي دماً لذِي أدبٍ

يسطُو بأقلامه على القضُبِ

So do not shed the blood of one of propriety

Who writes by his pens on parchment