1. My stay in these darknesses has been prolonged
And my pining in them, my passion and outpouring of woes

2. The workings of thought kill my mind
My intimates have forsaken Iraq and my legacy

3. God has hung above your testicles what would
Save you from being stripped bare and vileness

4. The brothers have complained of your hasty seizure
You brought it about and brief stay

5. Did you dislike reproach from one made brazen
Or did you dislike reproach from one made bold?

6. And talk of your first ones makes me refrain
From listening to feminine or coarse talk

7. Al-Hormuzan did not approve that the remainder of Shamit
Be summoned for him or that I give him long life

8. May God forgive—and He is most forgiving—
I swear you are his sons, though breakers of oaths