لِأَمثالِها يَسخَرُ الساخِرُ

لَقَد ذَلَّ جارُكَ يا عامِرُ

For her like the mocker mocks,

Indeed your neighbor has been humbled, O Aamir,

تَراهُ لَقىً بَينَ أَيدي الخُطو

بِ لا أَنتَ ناهٍ وَلا آمِرُ

You see him fallen into the hands of misfortune,

While you are neither helper nor commandant.