أَلا أَبلِغا عَنّي حُصَيناً رِسالَةً
فَإِنَّكَ مَردودٌ عَليك خلالُكا
Take heed, you two: convey a message from me to Huṣayn:
For your ways are returned to you,
كَرَدِّ الأَداةِ المُستَعارَةِ إِنَّني
وَصَلتُكَ حَتّى عادَ صَرماً وِصالُكا
like the return of a borrowed implement; indeed, I
kept ties with you until your friendship turned to estrangement.
وَكُنتَ إِذا مَدَّت يَمينُكَ ذَرعَها
لِتَفعَلَ خَيراً تَعتَقِبها شِمالُكا
And whenever your right hand extended its reach
to do good, your left hand would hold it back.
لِسانُكَ مَعسولٌ وَنَفسُكَ بَشَّةٌ
وَعِندَ الثُريّا مِن صَديقِكَ مالُكا
Your tongue is honeyed, and your spirit is cheerful,
yet your wealth lies by the Pleiades, far from your friend.
Sol 6.1