1. حاشا كريم الدين يبدو له

    من الأيادي وهو أبداها

    Far be it from Karim al-Din to reconsider

    the favors he himself first bestowed.

  2. قولوا له بمالك من بعد ما

    منحتني مالك والجاها

    Tell him: “By your wealth, after

    you granted me your wealth and rank,

  3. تركتني قطعه لحم أرى

    قطعه لحم أثمناها

    you left me a piece of flesh; I see

    a piece of meat that we have valued.

  4. فنفذ الأغنام واغنم بها

    مدائحي واستخر الله

    So dispatch the sheep, and gain through them

    my praises, and seek God’s guidance.”