1. ولّما خابَ حُسنُ الظَّنِّ فيكُمْ

    ورُحْتُ بِذاكَ صُفْر الرّاحَتَيْن

    And when my good opinion of you proved misplaced,

    and I came away from that with both palms empty,

  2. أنِستُ كما بِئسْتُ حُرّاً

    وبَأْسُ الحُرُّ إحدى الرّاحَتَيْنِ

    as a free man, I felt at ease just as I had felt wretched;

    and a free man's hardship is one of the two comforts.