1. لي أخ لا يُرى له

    سائلٌ غير عاتبِ

    I have a brother who is never seen with

    a petitioner who does not reproach him.

  2. أجمع الناس كلهم

    للئيم المذاهبِ

    Of all people, he is the greatest collector

    of ignoble ways.

  3. دون معروف كفّهِ

    لمسُ بعض الكواكبِ

    Nearer than the bounty of his hand

    is touching some of the stars.

  4. وتراخى مصيبتي

    فيه إحدى المصائبِ

    And the prolonging of my misfortune

    with him is one of the calamities.

  5. ليت لي منك يا أخي

    جارةً من محاربِ

    Would that I had, instead of you, O my brother,

    a woman of Muharib for a neighbor,

  6. نارها كلَّ شتْوةٍ

    مثل نار الحُبَاحِبِ

    whose fire, every winter,

    is like the fire of al-Hubahib.