1. The rainclouds watered the valley's lotus tree,
Though the nights have altered it with calamities.

2. My excuse - hopes whose aims have failed,
While the wicked reaped abundant fortune from them.

3. And they said, "We were remembered with wealth," so I answered them
Sluggishly, for mention with miserliness is not lasting.

4. It is easy for us if our possessions perish,
As long as the honorable virtues remain for us.

5. And no harm befell a good origin by lack of wealth,
When the accidents of time did not change it.

6. Does Safwan ibn Idris think that I
Remain steadfast to the covenant of affection?

7. And if I had addressed the context of his speech,
Love's engagements would turn away from disasters.