لَو كُنتَ سَعداً لَم تَكُن قائِلاً

لَو كُنتَ سَعداً لَم تَكُن قائِلاً

لِصاعِدٍ بَعدَ عُبَيدِ اللَه

لِصاعِدٍ بَعدَ عُبَيدِ اللَه

Had you been Saʿd, you would not be saying

If you were happy you would not have said

to Ṣāʿid, after ʿUbayd Allāh:

to one who rose after Ubayd Allah

إِثنانِ غُرّاً مِنكَ فَاستَوصَلا

إِثنانِ غُرّاً مِنكَ فَاستَوصَلا

وَالثالِثُ الباقي عَلى عِلَّه

وَالثالِثُ الباقي عَلى عِلَّه

“Two were deceived by you and were wiped out,

Two strangers from you who became joined

and the remaining third is ailing.”

And the third remaining in his loftiness