Sol 5.6

  1. The world itself has indeed revealed its own flaw:

    when, after nobility, it turned toward the base.

  2. It never bestowed a gift but took its gift back,

    and unleashed miseries upon us after blessings.

  3. But the son of Ahmad will aid me against it—

    Ahmad, Prophet of Guidance—and the honored legatee’s son.

  4. Indeed, whenever I lay hold of his long-standing favor,

    I gain, in my fortunes, a camel’s hump in exchange for its hoof.

Sol 5.6