1. نعم الوليد لعمر الله أنت إذا

    ما ذم بين الأنام الوالد الولدا

    What a fine son you are, by God's life, when

    a father disparages his son among people!

  2. فإن مثلك من يرثي لحالته

    فتى وان كان عن طرق الهدى بعدا

    For someone like you would stir pity for his plight in

    a youth, even one who had strayed far from the paths of guidance.

  3. فكيف والدك الأدنى وأنت له

    روح يصادف فيك الغي والرشدا

    Then what of your father, closest to you, when you are to him

    a soul in whom he finds error and right guidance?

  4. فمن أبوك الذي هذي سجيته

    فما أظن عَلَى ما قلته أحدا

    Who, then, is your father, whose nature is this?

    For, judging by what you have said, I can think of no one.