لقد نقل الراوون عني حكاية

وقالوا كلاما ما أشدّ وأشاما

The storytellers have conveyed about me a tale,

And they have said words full of bitterness and sorrow.

أيصفع مثلي ناشئ ويراعتي

أسالت دموع القوم في مصر عَندما

Does one like me slap a youth I have raised?

I made the people weep in Egypt when

ألا اعتذروا لي عنده فأنا الذي

صفعت بصدغي كفه فتألما

I begged their pardon, for it was I who

Slapped his cheek with my palm and caused him pain.