1. It is far from you to free a captive,
Or to find refuge with time.

2. You have clothed poetry's metrics in mourning robes,
Black, beating their faces and breasts.

3. If only you had shown some compassion when she called -
Woe to you from my praises and elegies!

4. If but a tenth of your vileness became kindness,
You would not have Hatem renowned for generosity.