1. قالوا ولو صحَّ ما قالوا لفُزتُ به

    مَن لي بتصديق ما قالوا بتكذيبِ

    They spoke; had what they said been true, I would have won it.

    Who can make true for me what they said in falsehood?

  2. عَليَّ واللَه فيما شيَّعوا كذبوا

    ككذْبِ أولاد يعقوبٍ على الذيبِ

    By God, they lied about me in what they spread,

    Like the lies Jacob's sons told about the wolf.

  3. أستودع اللَهَ أحباباً حُسِدتُ بهم

    غابوا وما زوَّدوني غير تثريبِ

    I entrust to God loved ones for whom I was envied.

    They went away and gave me no provisions but reproach.

  4. بانوا ولم يقضِ زيدٌ منهمُ وطراً

    ولا انقضت حاجةٌ في نفس يعقوب

    They departed, and Zayd had fulfilled no desire with them,

    Nor had any need in Jacob's soul been fulfilled.