لِمَنْ أَشكُو لِمَنْ والنَّاسُ سَمْحٌ

فَقِيرٌ أَوْ غَنِىٌّ غَيرُ سَمْحِ

To whom can I complain, to whom, when people are unkind?

Whether poor or rich, they are unkind.

فَلَمْ أَبْلُغْ بِمَدْحِى رَأْسَ مَالي

فَلَسْتُ مُصَدِّعاً رَأْسِي بِمَدْحِ

So I have not reached my goal with my praises,

And I do not knock my head in praises.