غَنيتَ عَنِ الوِدِّ القَديمِ غَنيتا

وَضَيَّعتَ عَهداً كانَ لي وَنَسيتا

You have become independent of the old affection

And wasted a covenant that was for me, now forgotten

تَجاهَلتَ عَمّا كُنتَ تُحسِنُ وَصفَهُ

وَمُتَّ عَنِ الإِحسانِ حينَ حَيِيتا

You disregarded what you once were good at describing

And died to kindness when you came to life

وَقَد كُنتَ بي أَيامَ ضَعفٍ مِنَ القِوى

أَبَرَّ وَأَوفى مِنكَ حينَ قَويتا

You were, in my days of weakness,

More dutiful and faithful than when you grew strong

عَهِدتُكَ في غَيرِ الوِلايَةِ حافِظاً

فَأَغلَقتَ بابَ الوِدِّ حينَ وَليتا

I entrusted you, though not in authority, to be a keeper

Yet you closed the door of affection when you rose to power

وَمِن عَجَبِ الأَيّامِ أَن بادَ مَن يَفي

وَمَن كُنتَ تَرعاني لَهُ وَبَقيتا

And of the wonders of days is that he who was faithful is gone

While you, whom I hoped to rely on, remained

غِناكَ لِمَن يَرجوكَ فَقرٌ وَفاقَةٌ

وَذُلٌّ وَيَأسٌ مِنكَ يَومَ رُجيتا

Suffice you for him who hopes in you, poverty, neediness

Lowliness and despair in you the day you were hoped in