بَلَونا فَضلَ مالِكَ يا اِبنَ لَيلى

فَلَم تَكُ عِندَ عَثرَتِنا أَخانا

We tested the favor of your friend O son of Layla

Yet you were not loyal to us in our stumbling

كَأَنَّ رِحالَنا في الدارِ حُلَّت

إِلى عُفرِ اللَهازِمِ مِن عُمانا

As if our departure from the abode was resolved

To the wastes of defeat from Oman

فَكَيفَ جَمَعتَ مَسأَلَةً وَحِرصاً

وَعِندَ الفَقرِ زَحّاراً أُنانا

So how did you combine begging and greed

With, in poverty, self-importance, obstinacy