1. أَمّا المُلوكُ فَأَنتَ اليَومَ أَلأَمُهُم

    لُؤماً وَأَبيَضُهُم سِربالَ طَبّاخِ

    As for kings, today you are the basest of them,

    In baseness, and the one whose cook’s tunic is whitest.