1. To whom can I complain, to whom, when people are unkind?
Whether poor or rich, they are unkind.
١. لِمَنْ أَشكُو لِمَنْ والنَّاسُ سَمْحٌ
فَقِيرٌ أَوْ غَنِىٌّ غَيرُ سَمْحِ
2. So I have not reached my goal with my praises,
And I do not knock my head in praises.
٢. فَلَمْ أَبْلُغْ بِمَدْحِى رَأْسَ مَالي
فَلَسْتُ مُصَدِّعاً رَأْسِي بِمَدْحِ