1. قَد أَعزَبَ العالَمُ أَحلامَهُم

    يا عازِبَ الحِلمِ عَنِ الناسِ ثُب

    The world has indeed driven their wits away.

    O reason that has strayed from people, return!

  2. نيرانُ حِقدٍ بَينَ أَحشائِهِم

    فَلَفظُهُم عَنها شَرارٌ وَثَب

    Fires of hatred are within their entrails.

    So their words are sparks leaping from those fires.

  3. تُنسيهُمُ العارِفَةَ الهيفُ كَالأَغ

    صانِ وَالأَعجازُ مِثلُ الكُثُب

    Slender-waisted women make them forget kindness—like bran-

    ches, and their buttocks like dunes.