اللص والمسروق منه تقدما

يوما بمحكمة لقاضٍ راشد

The thief and the stolen from came one day

Before an upright judge's court to plead their case

ما كان إلا أن تفرس فيهما

حتى تنحى في أسى المتباعد

No sooner did he look upon the two

Then he turned away in sorrowful dismay

عجب الشهود له فقال رويدكم

كنا ثلاثتنا بفصل واحد

The witnesses were puzzled by his act

"We three," he said, "once shared a common fate."