1. شَكَونا إِلَيكَ الجَهدَ في السَنَةِ الَّتي

    أَقامَت عَلى أَموالِنا آفَةَ المَحلِ

    We complained to you of hardship in the year that

    brought the scourge of drought upon our wealth.

  2. فَلَم يَبقَ مِن مالٍ يَسومُ لِأَهلِهِ

    وَلا مَرتَعٌ في حَزمِ أَرضٍ وَلا سَهلِ

    So no livestock remained to graze for its owners,

    nor any pasture on rugged land or plain,

  3. سِواءَكَ أَشكو القَومَ ما قَد أَصابَهُم

    عَلى الجَهدِ وَالبَلوى الَّتي كُنتَ قَد تُبلي

    save you; I lament what has befallen the people,

    amid hardship and the ordeal you had been inflicting.