1. فأنتِ عابثةٌ مغرورةٌ قد صَدِئَت

    ألحانها في الهوى، قد ملَّها الوتر

    For you are frivolous and vain; rust has overtaken

    her melodies of love, and the string has grown weary of them.

  2. ما أنتِ كُفْءٌ لأخلاقي ومكرمتي

    أصلي أنا شرفٌ عزَّت به مُضَر

    You are not worthy of my morals and my honor.

    My lineage is an honor by which Mudar was exalted.

  3. لا بل أنا اليوم في عزٍّ ومفخرة

    في موطني شاعرٌ للشعب ينتصر

    Indeed, today I stand in glory and pride,

    a poet in my homeland who champions the people.