1. مالي رَأَيتُكَ لَستَ تُثمِرُ طَيِّباً

    عَذباً وَأَصلُكَ هاشِمِيُّ المَغرِسِ

    Why do I see you bearing no fruit that is good

    And sweet, though your roots are of Hashimite stock?

  2. حَتّى كَأَنَّكَ نِقمَةٌ في نِعمَةٍ

    أَو غُصنُ شَوكٍ في حَديقَةِ نَرجِسِ

    So much so that you seem a curse within a blessing,

    Or a thorny branch in a garden of narcissus.