أَتاني وَدوني الزابِيانِ كِلاهُما

وَدِجلَةُ أَنباءٌ أَمَرُّ مِنَ الصَبرِ

The two friends came to me, both of them alike,

And the Tigris was news more bitter than patience.

أَتاني بِأَنَّ اِبنَي نِزارٍ تَناحَبا

وَتَغلِبُ أَولى بِالوَفاءِ وَبِالغَدرِ

They came to tell me that my two sons Nizar

Fought one another, the loyal and the treacherous.