قد قال صبياني وهم تسعة

عاشر صبياني صغير فطيم

My nine boys said, and the tenth a suckling babe,

Out of greed for dates though bankrupt were they,

من شهوة البسر وافلاسهم

ما فعلت نخلة عبدالرحيم

"What did Abdul Rahim's palm tree do,

Would that he had not cut it down!

يا ليتها ان هو لم يهدما

عوّدناه اصبحت كالصريم

He accustomed us, it became like milk."