1. لا ذَنبَ لا ذَنبَ لِاِبنِ العَيرِ حينَ هَوَت

    قُواهُ مِن خَوَرٍ فيها وَمِن لينِ

    No blame, no blame upon the ass’s son when it collapsed—

    his strength, from weakness within it and from softness.

  2. حَمَّلتُموهُ الَّذي ما كانَ يَحمِلُهُ

    فُرهُ البِغالِ وَأَصنافُ البَراذينِ

    You burdened him with what could not be carried

    by fine mules and all kinds of workhorses:

  3. الشَمسَ وَالبَدرَ وَالطورَ الرَفيعَ مَعاً

    في الغَيثِ وَاللَيثِ وَالدُنيا مَعَ الدينِ

    the sun, the full moon, and the lofty mountain together,

    in the rain and the lion, and the world along with religion.