1. إِنّي لَآمُلُ صُنعَ اللَهِ في حَسَنٍ

    وَاِبنُ الطَبَخشِيَةِ اللَكعاءِ مَذمومُ

    I surely hope for God's intervention concerning Hasan,

    and the son of the foolish al-Tabakhshiyya is reviled.

  2. إِذا تَواصى بِيَ الطائِيُّ لَم أَرَ لِل

    حِرمانِ شَخصاً وَلَم يَعلُق بِيَ الشومُ

    When al-Ta'i joins in commending me, I see no

    figure of deprivation, nor does ill fortune cling to me.

  3. قَد كانَ ناكَدَني فيهِ اِمرُؤٌ سَلَكَت

    آباؤُهُ وَجَرى في عِرقِهِ اللومُ

    A man had once thwarted me over him; that course was taken

    by his forefathers, and baseness ran in his veins.

  4. فَالآنَ يَنصُرُني مَن لَيسَ جانِبُهُ

    بِمُستَضامٍ وَلا مَولاهُ مَهضومُ

    So now one aids me whose side is never

    oppressed, nor is his protégé wronged.

  5. مَتى أَهابَ بِبَدرٍ يَستَجيشُ بِهِ

    تَناصَرَ العَرَبُ الأَشرافُ وَالرومُ

    Whenever he calls upon Badr, seeking troops through him,

    the noble Arabs and the Romans rally to one another's aid.