1. الى الله أشكو لا الى الناس أنني

    أرى صالح الأخلاق لا أستطيعها

    To God, not to people, I complain that I

    see noble conduct, yet cannot practice it.

  2. أرى خلة في إخوة وعشيرة

    وذي رحم ما كنت ممن يضيّعها

    I see need among brothers and a clan,

    and a blood relative; I was never one to neglect that need.

  3. فلو طاوعتني بالمكارم قدرة

     لجاد عليها بالنّوال ربيعها

    So if the means would serve me in noble deeds,

    their spring would shower them with bounty.