عُرَيْبٌ كَانَ لي مَعَهُمْ عُهُودٌ

ظَنَنْتُ بَقاءَها وَلَهُمْ وِدَادُ

An Arab I was, and bonds with them I shared

I thought they'd last, and friendship would be spared

عَهِدْتُ لَديْهِمُ خُلُقاً جميلا

وَقَدْ غَضِبُوا وَلوْ رُدُّوا لَعادُوا

To them I gave the fairest traits of mine

Yet angry now, though they return, decline