أفارق بغداد لا عن قلى
وأسري الى البين لا عن قرم
I leave Baghdad, not out of hatred,
and journey by night toward separation, not out of longing.
أروح وأغدو ولي قائدا
ن عز الإباء وذل العدم
I go in the evening and in the morning, and I have two guides:
the dignity of self-respect and the humiliation of poverty.
وأرجو فتى مكرماً للندى
كما رجت الارض صوب الديم
And I hope for a young man who honors generosity,
as the earth hoped for steady rains to fall.
Sol 6.1