1. أحبتنا لا عين سلوانَ عنكم

    بأرض ولكن كلّ وادٍ جهنم

    Our beloved, no spring of Silwan offers solace away from you

    anywhere on earth; rather, every valley is Gehenna.

  2. وما في شهور العالم بعدكُم هناً

    فذا صفرٌ يدعى وهذا محرّم

    And the world's months hold no joy in your absence:

    for this one is called Safar, and this one Muharram.

  3. فعودوا كما عاد الوزير لظامئٍ

    دعا برّه المعهود فانهلّ يسجم

    So return, as the vizier returned to a thirsty man

    who invoked his accustomed bounty, and it poured down in torrents.

  4. سلونيَ عن جود الوزيرين إنَّ لي

    ثناً يبدئ الذكر الجميل ويختمُ

    Ask me about the two viziers' generosity: I have

    praise that opens and closes their fair remembrance.

  5. فهذا وزيرٌ عظّمته ممالكٌ

    وهذا شهير الفخر قد قيل أعظم

    For this is a vizier whom kingdoms have exalted,

    and this one, famed for glory, has been called greater.

  6. رعيت ربيعيْ مصر والشام في حمى

    وزرين كلٌّ في السيادة مسلم

    I grazed in the two spring pastures of Egypt and Syria, under the protection

    of two refuges, each unquestioned in lordship.

  7. وأذكرني القدر الشريف قمامةً

    فقلت ودعني بعد ذا أتقمّم

    And noble rank brought Qumamah to my mind,

    so I said, 'And let me, after this, gather scraps.'