1. ألم ترني والمرء يقلي ابن أمه

    إذا ما أتت عوجاء لا تتقوم

    Did you not see me—and a man may hate his mother's son

    When a crooked deed occurs that cannot be set straight—

  2. ضممت جناحي عن أبي النظر بعدما

    تلومته ما كان لي متلوم

    Fold my wing away from Abu al-Nazar, after

    Waiting for him as long as I could wait?

  3. وقلت له لما التقينا وقال لي

    مقالة مزر عائث يتجرم

    And I said to him, when we met and he spoke to me

    With the words of a scornful troublemaker finding fault:

  4. أتعذلني في أن أبيعك مثل ما

    به بعتني والبادىء البيع أظلم

    Do you reproach me for selling you just as

    You sold me? The first to sell is more unjust.

  5. وليس على ود آمرى ليس عنده

    وفاء ولا عهد إذا غاب مندم

    Nor, for affection toward a man who has no

    Loyalty or covenant, is there regret when he is gone.