1. أمَا من صاحبٍ أشكُو لَدَيهِ

    وأَملأُ بالشِّكايَةِ مَسمَعيه

    Is there no friend to whom I may complain,

    and fill both his ears with complaints?

  2. إذا زَمَن ذَمَمناه تَوَلى

    أَتَى زَمَنٌ يُشوِّقُنا إليه

    Whenever an age we condemned passes,

    another age comes that makes us long for it.

  3. لَعَنَّا العامريَّ وكَانَ حَيَّا

    فحين مَضَى تَرَحَّمنَا عليه

    We cursed al-ʿĀmirī while he was alive;

    then, when he passed away, we prayed for mercy upon him.