فديت من لقبني مثلما

لقبته والحق لا يغضبُ

I owe my life to the one who called me,

As I called him, for truth bears no grudge,

إن قلت يا عرقوب أطمعتني

قال فلم نفسك يا أشعبُ

When I said: "O dove, you made me hope,"

He said: "Then why, O ash-sha'b, were you led astray?"