1. No good comes from the companionship of vile men.
They ruled and led the Abbasids,
١. لا دَرَّ درُّ مَعشَرٍ أنجَاسِ
سادوا وقادوا في بني العباسِ
2. Yet their company suffocated me,
As if their very existence oppressed me.
٢. عاشرتُهم فضيَّقُوا أنَفاسي
كأنّهم من ثِقلِهم مَراسِ
3. You love a world inhabited by the lowest of men.
How alike each breed of scum is to the rest!
٣. تُحِبُّ دنيانا خِسَاسَ الناسِ
ما أشبهَ الأجناسَ بالأَجناسِ