1. يا عِمادَ الدينِ يا مَن

    هُوَ في اللَأواءِ ذُخري

    O Imad al-Din, O you

    who are my reserve in hardship,

  2. ما تَرى ما ذا عَلى عَب

    دِكَ في دارِكَ يَجري

    what do you think of what your servant

    is undergoing in your house?

  3. هَتَكَ السِترِيُّ في با

    بِكُمُ بِالرَدِّ سِتري

    Al-Sitri rent, at

    your door, my veil by turning me away.

  4. كُلَّما رُمتُ دُخولاً

    دَفعَ الكِشخانُ صَدري

    Whenever I sought entry,

    the cuckold shoved me in the chest.

  5. كَيفَ لا تَضعَفُ نَفسي

    كَيفَ لا يَنفَدُ صَبري

    How could my soul not weaken?

    How could my patience not run out,

  6. وَضِراطُ الرومِ يَلقا

    ني بِوَجهٍ مُكفَهِرِّ

    while the Romans' fart greets

    me with a scowling face?

  7. لَم يَدُر في خَلَدي قَط

    طُ وَلا جالَ بِفِكري

    It never entered my mind,

    nor passed through my thoughts,

  8. أَنَّني أُمنَعُ عَن أَب

    وابِكُم آخِرَ عُمري

    that I should be barred from

    your doors at the end of my life.

  9. حالَةٌ تَبسُطُ عِندَ ال

    ناسِ في التَأخيرِ عُذري

    A plight that lays before the

    people my excuse for delay.