1. إِنَّ الأَمينِيَّةَ الَّتي شَرُفَت

    بِمَعشَرٍ في الوَرى لَهُم شان

    Indeed, the Aminiyya, which rose to honor

    through a company of standing among humankind—

  2. مُشرِفُهُم مُسرِفٌ وَعامِلُهُم

    مُعامِلٌ وَالأَمينُ خَوّانُ

    their overseer is a spendthrift, and their official

    a crooked dealer—and the trusted man, a rank traitor.