1. Alas, O son of Abu Majd, you offered
A promise from you I did not expect

2. To fulfill, so little it was worth
In value and weight.

3. Yet you broke your vow to me
Which does not undo what you built.

4. And they said, “He is more generous
Than Qais and Ma’n.”

5. When has a young man been generous
Who is stingy with straw?