قل لِلذَّينَ غَدَتْ جوائِزُ مدْحِهِمْ

قل لِلذَّينَ غَدَتْ جوائِزُ مدْحِهِمْ

رُقَعاً على ذي عُسْرَةٍ مُذَّاقِ

رُقَعاً على ذي عُسْرَةٍ مُذَّاقِ

Tell those whose rewards for praise of them have become

Say to those whose rewards for praising them have become

drafts drawn on a glib-tongued debtor in straits:

slips of paper drawn on an insolvent deceiver:

جِئناكُمُ بالكِذبِ في أوراقِنا

جِئناكُمُ بالكِذبِ في أوراقِنا

فأجَزتُمُ بالكذبِ في الأوراقِ

فأجَزتُمُ بالكذبِ في الأوراقِ

We came to you with lies in our papers,

We came to you with lies in our papers,

so you rewarded us with lies on paper.

so you rewarded us with lies in the papers.