1. وَعدُكُم بِالخُرجِ وَالنَّطعِ

    بَرقٌ وَلَكِن خُلَّبُ اللَّمعِ

    Your promise of a saddlebag and a leather mat

    Is lightning, but its flash is deceptive.

  2. خُرجٌ خُروجُ الرُّوحِ مِن دونِهِ

    وَالنَطع بَينَ السَيفِ وَالنَطعِ

    A saddlebag—the soul departs before one obtains it;

    And the leather mat lies between the sword and the executioner's mat.

  3. ما لَكُمُ ذَنبٌ وَلَكِن لِمَن

    حَلَّ بِوادٍ غَيرِ ذي زَرعِ

    You bear no blame; the blame belongs instead to whoever

    Settled in a valley devoid of crops.

  4. مَن كانَ يَرجو خَيرَكُمُ بَعدها

    فَهوَ أَحَقُّ الناسِ بِالصَّفعِ

    Whoever hopes for your bounty after that

    Then he, of all people, most deserves to be slapped.

  5. لَو لَم أَكُن أَشعَبَ ما عُدتُ عَن

    وُعودِ عُرقوب بِلا نَفعِ

    Had I not been Ashʿab, I would not have come away from

    ʿUrqūb's promises with nothing gained.