1. I owe my life to the one who called me,
As I called him, for truth bears no grudge,
١. فديت من لقبني مثلما
لقبته والحق لا يغضبُ
2. When I said: "O dove, you made me hope,"
He said: "Then why, O ash-sha'b, were you led astray?"
٢. إن قلت يا عرقوب أطمعتني
قال فلم نفسك يا أشعبُ