1. More severe a punishment than a prayer you missed
Or a fast for an obligatory day, the injustice of a dirham

2. If my religion had no day that pertained to others
I hoped for happiness, so understand

3. And I lived varieties of life, mature and vivacious
Oh what a life, like the dotted Yemeni sword

4. And I wonder at the worthless being called excellent
And the camel called the generous sweating one

5. The disputing of people is nothing but a failing
Imagined from falsehood, fancied