1. فَسَدَ الزَمانُ وَسادَ فيهِ المُقرِفُ

    وَجَرى مَعَ الطِرفِ الحِمارُ الموكَفُ

    The age has grown corrupt, and the baseborn man has risen to power in it.

    And the pack-saddled donkey has run alongside the thoroughbred.