1. I pass by Aleppo of gardens
And plain scenery and pleasant living

2. And say to Duhman if you meet his assembly
Say to the ill-natured outcast

3. You held back your Nile like a skinflint though
If you had given you’d have given only the inferior and base

4. I had no hope in the intelligent people
So how did I hope for good in the insane

5. Do not boast, for your father was not attributed
To the unjust Bahram or the bright Bahram

6. Neither Anushirwan nor Nushirwan went around it
Nor got news from Chosroes or Serene

7. When the plateaus of Persia rose in nobility
Your elders crouched low in hiding

8. Leaning on their axes, excited
By the twitter of birds and sounds of windmills

9. I paid my tribute when you were miserly with it
Bringing to life the call of one dead and buried

10. A remainder of the sea's gift made me covet it
Over the green moss and the mud

11. If I forget the favors he brought
I'd be like you in life and religion