1. أَضاعُوني وَأَيَّ فَتىً أَضاعُوا

    لِيَومِ كَريهَةٍ وَسِدادِ ثَغرِ

    They have forsaken me—and what a young man they have forsaken,

    fit for a day of battle and the defense of a frontier!

  2. وَخَلَّوني لِمعتَرَكِ المَنايا

    وَقَد شَرَعَت أَسِنَّتُها لِنَحرى

    And they left me to the battlefield of death,

    its spearheads already leveled at my throat.

  3. كَأَنّي لَم أَكُن فيهِم وَسِيطاً

    وَلا لِي نِسبَةٌ في آل عَمرِو

    As though I had not been a man of noble standing among them,

    nor had any kinship with the house of ʿAmr.

  4. أُجَرَّرُ في الجَوامِع كُلَّ يَومٍ

    أَلا لِلّهِ مَظلَمَتي وَصَبري

    Every day I am dragged about in shackles.

    Ah, to God belong the wrong I suffer and my patience!

  5. عَسى المَلِكُ المُجِيبُ لِمَن دَعاهُ

    يُنَجِّيني فَيَعلَمَ كَيفَ شُكري

    May the King, who answers whoever calls upon him,

    deliver me, and thus know the measure of my gratitude,

  6. فَأَجزِىَ بِالكَرامَةِ أَهلَ وُدي

    وَأُورِثَ بِالضَغائِنِ أَهلَ وِترى

    so I may reward those I love with honor,

    and bequeath rancor to those who have wronged me.