1. كُماشِيُّكُمْ منْ أجْلِهِ انْكَمَشَ السّعْدُ

    إذا ما اطّرَحْتُمْ شُؤْمَهُ أُنْجِزَ الوعْدُ

    Your Kumāshī—because of him, good fortune has shrunk away.

    Once you cast off his ill luck, the promise will be fulfilled.

  2. ومَنْ لمْ تكُنْ منْ قبْلُ للسّعْدِ عنْدَهُ

    مَخيلَةُ نُجْحٍ كيْفَ تُرْجى لهُ بعْدُ

    And one to whom good fortune never before gave

    a sign of success—how can he hope for one hereafter?

  3. وتَصْريفُهُ المَشْؤومُ فَلْتَتَذكّروا

    وما قُلْتُ إلا بالذي علِمَتْ سعْدُ

    And his ill-omened management—do remember it.

    And I have spoken only of what Saʿd knew.