قد غنينا وما يفرعنا الدهر

فأضحت بالرأس منه علاما

We have sung, though fate did not favor us,

So that over our heads it made a sign.

مكلحات كأنهن عصاب

مرصدات بعد الرضا بالسلامه

Like scratches, as though they were a headband,

Posted after being pleased with well-being.

فتشددت ساعةً ثم أذعنـ

ـت كما تركب المسيء الندامه

So I hardened for a while, then yielded,

As the evildoer mounts repentance.

إن أكن قد رزئت أسود كالفحـ

ـم فأعقبت منه مثل الثغامه

If I have been blamed, black as soot,

I was followed by the likes of darkness.

فلقد أشغف الحسان وأحبو

بالندى أهله وآتى الظلمه

For the beautiful sang and loved

Those people, though injustice came.