1. When I disobeyed the blamers and did not repent,
They cast their rope on my sinking ship,
١. وَلَمّا عَصَيتُ العاذِلينَ وَلَم أُبَل
مَلامَتُهُم أَلقوا عَلى غارِبي حَبلي
2. And a scorner of me who wishes that her son
Had my morals, or that someone like me had valued her.
٢. وَهازِئَةٍ مِنّي تَوَدُّ لَو اِبنُها
عَلى شيمَتي أَو أَن قَيّمَها مِثلي