يَومَ كُنا نَقول عاكَسنا الده

رُ وَجَدنا مِن صحبنا مَن يَلوم

The day we said the time has turned against us

We found among our friends some who blame

فَيَقولون اِتّق اللَه وَاِقنَع

كَم تَظلّمت طامِعاً يا ظَلومُ

They say, fear Allah and be content

How much have you been wronged, o oppressor

هَذِهِ نُزهة وَأَنتَ تَراها

كُلَ يَومٍ فَما عَساكَ تَرومُ

This is an outing, and you see it

Every day, so what more could you want

وَيحَهُم لَو يَرون ما صَنَعَ الده

ر لَقالوا معذب مَشئوم

Woe to them, if they saw what time has done

They would say, tormented, ill-fated

كُنتُ أَرجو لَو أَن نزهة أَضحت

في مَكان قَد كُنتُ فيهِ أُقيم

I had hoped that if an outing lasted

In a place where I once stayed

لَم يَكُن ما رَجَوتُ حَتّى تَرحّل

تُ فَمَن ظالم وَمَن مَظلومُ

What I hoped for did not happen until you left

So who is the oppressor, and who the oppressed