1. قالت أتُنْكِرُ في شَيْخوخَتي حَدَبي

    عليكَ في زمنِ الإعسارِ والنَّصَب؟

    She said, “In my old age, do you deny my tender care

    for you in times of poverty and toil?

  2. رضَعْتَ ماءَ حياتي هانئاً فَرِحاً

    وما سقيتُكَ غَيْرَ العِلْمِ والأدَبِ

    You suckled the water of my life, content and joyful,

    and I gave you nothing to drink but knowledge and good manners.

  3. فكيفَ تأنَفُ كِبْراً عن مُقابلتي

    إذْ صرْتَ في النَّاسِ ذا مالِ وذا نشَبِ

    So how can you scorn to meet me out of pride,

    now that, among people, you have become a man of wealth and property?

  4. أبيتُ أقْرَعُ بابَ العَطْفِ شاكيةً

    أُزْجي إليكَ رجاءاتي ولمْ تُجِبِ

    I spend the night knocking at compassion’s door, lamenting,

    sending you my pleas, but you have not answered.”