1. By your life, there is no wonder of wonders
But a crooner who has an eyebrow
١. لَعَمرُكَ ما العَجَبُ العاجِبُ
سِوى غَنَوِيٍّ لَهُ حاجِبُ
2. And the death of rights, yet no one despairs
To claim my youth or ask
٢. وَمَوتِ الحُقوقِ فَلا يائِسٌ
يَرُدُّ غُلامىً وَلا راغِبُ
3. And if not for Ibn 'Amr and his procrastination
Hope's lies would not have deluded me
٣. وَلَولا اِبنُ عَمروٍ وَتَسويفُهُ
لَما غَرَّني الأَمَلُ الكاذِبُ