لِأَمثالِها يَسخَرُ الساخِرُ

لِأَمثالِها يَسخَرُ الساخِرُ

لَقَد ذَلَّ جارُكَ يا عامِرُ

لَقَد ذَلَّ جارُكَ يا عامِرُ

At such things the scoffer scoffs.

For her like the mocker mocks,

Your neighbor has indeed been brought low, O ʿĀmir.

Indeed your neighbor has been humbled, O Aamir,

تَراهُ لَقىً بَينَ أَيدي الخُطو

تَراهُ لَقىً بَينَ أَيدي الخُطو

بِ لا أَنتَ ناهٍ وَلا آمِرُ

بِ لا أَنتَ ناهٍ وَلا آمِرُ

You see him a castoff in the hands of misfortunes,

You see him fallen into the hands of misfortune,

while you neither forbid nor command.

While you are neither helper nor commandant.