1. قام للشقوة

    وجرى بالنحس طيري

    It rose to misery,

    and my bird ran with ill luck.

  2. وولى حل سروا

    لك يا مولاي غيري

    And he entrusted the untying of the trou—

    —sers of yours, my lord, to someone other than me.

  3. وتقرأن علينا

    كسعيد بن جبير

    And you recite to us,

    like Sa'id ibn Jubayr.

  4. أترى قد عقر

    الناقة يا مولاي

    Do you think he has hamstrung

    the she-camel, my lord?

  5. ليس لي منك سوى صب

    حك الله بخير

    I have nothing from you but “May—

    —God grant you a good morning.”