1. You are not the schools of yore
That exemplify excellence

2. Their grandeur seems diminished after that
Honor and prestige

3. Sbaikah Secondary was magnificent
In my youthful days

4. But now it has become dilapidated
A cheap fake

5. Your date palms continued being pelted with stones
Until the ripe dates were destroyed

6. And nothing remains on your farms
Except misery and debris

7. It reminds me of an amusing abode
Of one who was, Baghdad

8. And every meaning that was scarce
Was amusing from the amusing

9. O lady, how numerous were your patrons
Who never vacated your bed at night

10. Like the crowd at Al-Baqillani
And all wanting bread