أضحت على شط الخليج ذخائري

مزقاً بأيدي النهب والنيران

My treasures on the shore of the gulf were torn

By pillaging hands and ravaging flames

وأضر من شكوى الحوادث أنني

أصبحت مدفوعاً إلى ابن دخان

Worse than lamenting misfortunes is that I

Was driven to the son of smoke

دعت الضرورة نحوه فغشيته

حتى رآني الله حيث نهاني

Necessity led me to him, so I deceived him

Until God saw me where He forbade me

طلعت علي الشمس بعد طلائع

وحرمت عز الجاه والسلطان

The sun rose on me after its harbingers

And I was deprived of the glory of prestige and sovereignty