1. إن يك ذنبي يا قتيبة أنني

    بكيت امرءا في المجد قد كان أوحدا

    If my sin, O Qutayba, is that I

    wept for a man who had been peerless in glory,

  2. أبا كل مظلوم ومن لا أبا له

    وغيث مغيثات أطلن التلددا

    a father to every wronged person and to anyone without a father,

    and rain for women seeking help, who had long looked about in distress—

  3. فشأنك إن اللَه أن سؤت محسن

    إلي إذا أبقى يزيدا ومخلدا

    then do as you will: God, if you wrong me, is kind

    to me, since He has left Yazid and Mukhallad alive.