1. I could not afford my meager salary, what a war!
Alas for months of the year that begged in vain

2. And if they tell me it's half,
Then the sweetest half of it went away

3. O masters, their clouds concealed it from us
And their rain is not the rain we know that got held back

4. O seal of ministers, justice and knowledge
O square of the West, refuge of literature

5. What fine seals are deeds done for you
Jewels of paradise when people forge gold

6. Shame on the plants you grew for them
That wither though your hands poured rain

7. Leave Ibn Ghanam’s son or leave a tree branch brother
Before you get their firewood