وَلَمّا عَصَيتُ العاذِلينَ وَلَم أُبَل

مَلامَتُهُم أَلقوا عَلى غارِبي حَبلي

When I disobeyed the blamers and did not repent,

They cast their rope on my sinking ship,

وَهازِئَةٍ مِنّي تَوَدُّ لَو اِبنُها

عَلى شيمَتي أَو أَن قَيّمَها مِثلي

And a scorner of me who wishes that her son

Had my morals, or that someone like me had valued her.