1. أفارق بغداد لا عن قلى

    وأسري الى البين لا عن قرم

    I leave Baghdad, not out of hatred,

    and journey by night toward parting, not out of longing.

  2. أروح وأغدو ولي قائدا

    ن عز الإباء وذل العدم

    I go at evening and at dawn, with two guides:

    the dignity of proud refusal and the humiliation of poverty.

  3. وأرجو فتى مكرماً للندى

    كما رجت الارض صوب الديم

    And I hope for a young man who honors generosity,

    as the earth has hoped for steady rains to fall.