1. عَزَلوهُ لَمّا خانَهُم

    فَغَدا كَئيباً مُدنَفا

    They dismissed him when he betrayed them,

    So he grew sorrowful and gravely ill.

  2. وَيَقولُ لَم أَحزَن لِذا

    كَ وَلَم أَكُن مُتَأَسِّفا

    And he says, “I did not grieve for that,

    Nor was I regretful.”

  3. قُلنا كَذَبتَ لَقَد حَزِن

    تَ وَقَد خَزيتَ مُصَحَّفا

    We said, “You lie! You have indeed grieved,

    And, with the letter-dots changed, been disgraced.”