1. نَظراتٌ تَتَرامَى

    بي إلى المَرمَى القَصِي

    Glances fling

    me toward the distant mark;

  2. طَرَحَتني مِن عَلي

    يٍ بين أجفانِ عَلي

    they cast me down from a height

    between Ali's eyelids.

  3. فادَّعَى رِقِّي وما رِق

    قي بدَعوَى المدَّعي

    So he claimed me as his slave, but no bondage

    of mine is established by the claimant's claim.

  4. أنا عَبدُ المُحسِنِ ال

    مَعروف لا عَبدُ المُسِي

    I am Abd al-Muhsin (the benefactor's servant), the

    well-known one—not the servant of the wrongdoer.