1. مَن سَوَّدَ أَوجهَ المنى بالياسِ

    مَن أَخضع لِلكُفر رِقابَ الناسِ

    Who blackened the faces of hope with despair?

    Who bowed the people's necks to unbelief?

  2. لَم تَبقَ بَشاشَةٌ لوجه الدنيا

    بعد الخُلفاءِ مِن بَني العَبّاسِ

    No cheerfulness remained on the face of the world

    After the caliphs from among the sons of al-ʿAbbās.