1. I complained for an age; then, when I returned

    to the outcome of false hope,

  2. I wept for my life gone by,

    and lamented my unsuccessful verse.

  3. Where, then, is Abu al-Saqr’s care for me,

    and the judgment of Abu Bakr the scribe?

  4. I adjure you both by God to cast aside

    my claim on you and forget my rightful due.

Sol 6.1