1. It was not for a slip that I gave examples
Nor for a great sin that you committed

2. But I was blamed unjustly
My blood spilled if I said it

3. And I had an abode in a land nobler than Ash’ar
Wherever I stayed, there was spaciousness and welcome

4. And I had an exalted status among my people
If I aimed for the stars, I would grasp them

5. So, how I wish I had not raised the son of Maljam
Nor sponsored the son of Nadr among those I sponsored

6. None harmed me save those I benefited
None debased me save those I raised high

7. How strange is the lying of Joseph’s brothers
And the truth in me from Zil’ay and his sister

8. I have become estranged from my kinsman Hud
It grieves me, estranged from Hud Ibn Aabir

9. And I parted from my people, gone far
Yet his is the prevailing view among the people

10. It is but fate barking Zhigam
A howling dog when his luck turns

11. So if the Antichrist has a set time
This is the Antichrist, and the time is his time

12. Were it not for Him, he would have no might
For when a dog smells musk, it yelps