1. دَولَةٌ كَم قَد سَألَنا

    رَبَّنا التَعويضَ عَنها

    A reign—how often we asked

    our Lord for another in its place!

  2. وَفَرِحنا حينَ زالَت

    جاءَنا أَنحَسُ مِنها

    And we rejoiced when it ended;

    there came to us one more ill-omened than it.