1. ومعتَرضٍ بعارضِ راحَتَيهِ

    همي فأَصابَني وأصابَ غَيري

    My worries have struck me and struck others

    With one who objects and disrupts my comfort

  2. فصرتُ ببعضِ ما عانَيتُ منه

    أظنُّ الجودَ بعضَ بَني زُهيرِ

    So I've become, through some of my troubles with it

    To think generosity is some of the sons of Zuheir

  3. أقول وقد سَقاه الجودُ كأساً

    فطارَ بسُكرِه مع كلِّ طيرِ

    I say, as generosity has given him a cup

    So he flew drunk with all the birds

  4. لعلَّ مُحمداً يَصحُو فيَضحى

    مقيماً قد تقدَّمَ كلَّ خيرِ

    Maybe Muhammad will wake and be sober

    Remaining ahead of all good