1. People have lost interest in
nobility, poetry and literature

2. Our time has brought us
something very strange

3. Whatever stood upright
has collapsed

4. The highest places have become the lowest
Everything is upside down

5. Whatever was honorable
is now shameful

6. Generosity and virtue are buried
Non-Arabs and Arabs are corrupt

7. You see only lowlifes
Devoid of soul and dignity

8. Holding flutes
Of clay and gold

9. Like a dog with bones,
Oblivious to what it grasps