1. واخَجلَتي مِن وُقوفي وَسطَ دارِكُمُ

    وَقولِ واشيكُمُ مَن أَنتَ يا رَجُلُ

    Oh, my shame at standing in the midst of your home,

    and at your talebearer's words: 'Who are you, man?'

  2. فَقُلتُ حَيرانُ قَد ضَلَّ الطَريقُ بِهِ

    فَأَرشِدوني فَلي في حَيِّكُم شُغُلُ

    So I said, 'A bewildered man whom the road has led astray;

    so guide me, for I have business in your quarter.'

  3. فَقالَ لي مُر راجِعاً لَيسَ الطَريقُ كَذا

    كَيفَ اِحتِيالي وَقَد ضاقَت بِيَ الحِيَلُ

    Then he said to me, 'Go back; the road is not this way.'

    What can I devise, when my stratagems have failed me?