1. And youths, whenever Hamd praises them,
You see for them in their marketplace sincerity.
١. وَفِتيانٍ إِذا ما بارَ حَمدٌ
رَأَيتَ لَهُ بِسوقِهِمُ نِفاقا
2. Their gifts for the full moon of good opinion are complete,
Whenever despair for it is a refuge.
٢. مَواهِبُهُم لِبَدرِ الظَنِّ تِمٌّ
إِذا ما اليَأسُ كانَ لَهُ مَحاقا
3. Whenever annihilation maddens my livelihood
And their bestowal protects it with horizons.
٣. إِذا ما جَنَّنَ الإِعدامَ عَيشي
وَعَوَّذَهُ نَوالَهُم أَفاقا