وهَبْ خادماً لم يوفِ نُعماك شكرَها

فبُدِّل عرف عنده بنَكيرِ

You gave a servant who did not thank your blessings

So kindness to him turned to disdain

فما ذنبُ طفلٍ كان تسبيبَ كونِه

رجاؤك يا مرجُوّ كلِّ فقير

What is the sin of an infant whose very being

Depended on your grace, O refuge of every beggar

أيحسُن أن جَرَّ العيالَ رجاؤكم

وخاس نداكم وهْو خير خفير

Is it proper that yearning for you should drag a family

While your help failed though you are best helper

غياثكُمُ يا آلَ وهبِ فإنني

وإنْ لم أكن أعمى أضرُّ ضرير

Your aid, O kinsmen of Waheb, for though I

Am not blind, I am most wretched and helpless