يا مَعشَرَ الناسِ حالي بَينَكُم عَجَبٌ

وَلَيسَ لي بَينَكُم يا قَومُ أَنصارُ

O people, my situation among you is strange

And I have no supporters among you, O people

هَذا اِبنُ كامِل قَد أَودَعتُهُ ذَهباً

صُيّابَةً ما لَها في العَينِ مِقدارُ

This is the son of Kamil, I had entrusted gold to him

A necklace that has no match in the eye

وَجِئتُ أَطلُبُها مِنهُ وَقَد عرَضَت

في السوقِ مِنّي لُباناتٍ وَأَوطارُ

And I came to ask him for it, and he denied

In the market, that I gave him incenses and goods

فَقامَ يَنفُضُ كميهِ وَيَنظُرُ في

صُندوقِهِ وَيُنادي جَرَّها الفارُ

So he stood shaking his sleeve and looking in

His box, and shouting "The mice have dragged it away"

فَقُلتُ لا شَبَّ قَرنُ الفارِ كَم أَكَلوا

مالَ اليَتامى وَكَم جَرُّوا وَكَم جاروا

I said no, the mice's horns, how much they have eaten

The orphans' money, and how much they have dragged and stolen