1. A hope with which I was stabbed, and a thought that came to me,
When it was said that Ibn al-Mu'aththal would be found.
١. تَرَحٌ طُعِنتُ بِهِ وَهَمٌّ وارِدُ
إِذ قيلَ إِنَّ اِبنَ المُعَذَّلِ واجِدُ
2. Alas! I shall never find the way to you, O Kara.
And Ibn al-Mu'aththal is ever averse to me.
٢. هَيهاتَ أَن أَجِدَ السَبيلَ إِلى الكَرى
وَاِبنُ المُعَذَّلِ مِن مُزاحي حارِدُ