مُتَبَرِّمٌ بغِنائِهِ

مستعذِبٌ لعَذَابِهِ

Bitterly complaining of his song

Feigning enjoyment of his torment

هَجَرَ العميدَ تعمُّداً

فَغَدا وراح لِمَا بِهِ

He willfully abandoned the chief

And so he came and went as he pleased

وكساهُ ثَوْبَ مشيْبِهِ

في عُنْفُوانِ شَبَابِهِ

Cloaking him in his dotage

In the prime of his youth