قالوا ولو صحَّ ما قالوا لفُزتُ به

مَن لي بتصديق ما قالوا بتكذيبِ

They said, and if what they said was true, I would have won it

Who will confirm for me what they said by denying it

عَليَّ واللَه فيما شيَّعوا كذبوا

ككذْبِ أولاد يعقوبٍ على الذيبِ

By Allah, in what they circulated they lied

Like the lies of Jacob's sons about the wolf

أستودع اللَهَ أحباباً حُسِدتُ بهم

غابوا وما زوَّدوني غير تثريبِ

I commend dear friends to God, I was envied for them

They left without equipping me except with reproach

بانوا ولم يقضِ زيدٌ منهمُ وطراً

ولا انقضت حاجةٌ في نفس يعقوب

They were gone before Zayd had fulfilled any promise

Or before any need in Jacob's soul was fulfilled