1. يا وقح الوجه جيد الحدقه

    خست بوعدي وكنت غير ثقه

    O shameless-faced, fine-eyed one,

    You broke your promise to me and were untrustworthy.

  2. أين نصيبي من الطعام وما

    طمعت في لعقةٍ من المرقه

    Where is my share of the food? And I did not

    Hope for even a lick of the broth.

  3. أشفقت مني وكان يقنعني

    عندك ما ليس يوجب الشفقه

    You feared me, though I would have been content

    At your place with something that gave no cause for fear:

  4. قطعة لحم في وزن خردلةٍ

    على رغيفٍ كأنه ورقه

    A piece of meat weighing as much as a mustard seed,

    On a loaf like a sheet of paper.