1. قالتْ أخاكَ أخاكَ قلتُ لها أخي

    ما عدتُ مُصْرِخَهُ وليس بمصرخي

    She said, “Your brother! Your brother!” I said to her, “My brother—

    I am no longer his rescuer, nor is he mine.

  2. إن جئتُه يَزْوَرُّ ثاني عطفهِ

    وهو الحفي بمن أعادي والسَّخي

    If I come to him, he turns away, twisting his neck aside.

    Yet he is attentive and generous toward those I hold as enemies.

  3. ويضنُّ في صَلَفٍ عليَّ بمالِهِ

    ويُريقُه في راحةِ المتفسِّخِ

    And he arrogantly withholds his wealth from me,

    and pours it into the palm of the dissolute man.

  4. هذا زمانٌ أفلسَتْ أيامُهُ

    فتَحَدَّثي ما شِئْتِ عنها وانسخي

    This is an age whose days have gone bankrupt;

    so say what you wish about them, and put it in writing.”