1. صَيَّرَكِ الدَهرُ إِلى ما أَرى

    أَستَنصِرُ اللَهَ عَلى الدَهرِ

    Fate has brought you to the state I see.

    I call on God for aid against Fate.

  2. وَقَد أَراني زَمَناً كُلَّما

    قَسَوتِ رَوَّعتُكِ بِالهَجرِ

    Yet Fate once showed me a season when, whenever

    you hardened your heart, I terrified you with abandonment.

  3. أَظُنُّني عوقِبتُ إِذ لَم أَكُن

    قَبِلتُ مِنكِ اليُسرَ في يُسري

    I think I was punished because I had not

    accepted the little from you in my days of ease.