1. قد طوينا عهد الرجاء بياسِ

    بعدما غرَّني بكم وسواسي

    We have folded away the days of hope in despair,

    after my inner whisperings deceived me about you.

  2. خدعتني أبوَّةٌ لك سارت

    وظننتُ الفروعَ كالآساس

    Your far-famed paternal lineage deceived me,

    and I thought the branches were like their foundations.

  3. فرجونا بك القياسَ ولكن

    فسد النسجُ من فساد القياسِ

    So we hoped the analogy would hold in you, and yet

    the weaving was flawed because the measure was flawed.

  4. ما توهمتُ أنَّ معدنَ تبرٍ

    كائنٌ منه بُرَّة من نحاس

    I never imagined that a mine of raw gold

    could yield a copper nose-ring.

  5. إن نسبنا إلى الكرام سجايا

    ك رَقَعنا الحريرَ بالكِرباس

    If we ascribed to noble men traits

    of yours, we would be patching silk with coarse cotton cloth.

  6. قد غرسنا لك المَلامة في الأن

    فُس إذ حُلتَ عن كريم الغِراسِ

    We have planted reproach for you in people's

    souls, since you turned away from noble stock.

  7. إن تناسيتَ أو نسيتَ فلا عُذ

    ر فإنَّ المُهتمَّ ليس بناسِ

    If you feigned forgetfulness or forgot, there is no

    excuse, for one who cares does not forget.