1. أبا بكرٍ وأنت فتى سميعٌ

    إذا ما عُدّ لُّ فتى أُناسِ

    O Abu Bakr, you are an attentive young man,

    When [every?] young man of a people is counted.

  2. أيولَعُ معشرٌ ببناءِ حالي

    وتهدمُها يداكَ من الأساس

    Are some people intent on building up my fortunes,

    While your two hands raze them to their foundations?

  3. فكيف خُصِصْتُ منك بصدِّ حظِّي

    وأنت أَخَصُّهُمْ بيَ في القياس

    How, then, have I been singled out by you to be denied my share,

    When, by comparison, you are the closest of them to me?

  4. فأمّا إِذ عَقرتَ فدتكَ نفسي

    عَقَاري فأسُهُ يا خيرَ آس

    But now that you have ruined—may my soul ransom you—

    My estate, heal it, O best of healers.

  5. ودعْ إِبنَ امّ فندا فإِنِّي

    سأجعلُ بَظْرَها نَهْبَ المواسي

    And leave Ibn Umm Fanda alone, for I

    Shall make her clitoris plunder for the razors.