1. People went out to buy gifts
For Eid, for friends and loved ones

2. I wished that life would help me
To fulfill some of my wishes during Eid

3. I would have gifted some patience
To writers and poets

4. And to every genius nation
A people of great minds

5. And to every Arab poet
A basket of honorary titles

6. And to every tradesman deprived of integrity
A pair of glasses to see the truth of things

7. And to every lover a handkerchief
To wipe away the bitterness in the dust

8. And to every beautiful maiden a mirror
To show her the hearts of bachelors

9. And to every cocky youth some discipline
And to every old man some youthful vigor

10. And to every group of lazy bums, palaces
In the clouds made of imagination and fantasy

11. Just to get them off my back, for they've become
Like my shadow, wherever I come and go

12. And to the wealthy one who fears
Poverty, more of what makes him suffer

13. Every time he counts his money feeling reassured
He sees poverty waiting outside his door

14. And to the hypocritical friend, a blackened
Face, gloomy as the face of a raven

15. So when he appears, people flee in terror
From the path of the deceitful hypocrite

16. And to the believers, some doubt
And a little faith for the skeptical ones

17. And to those who insult me behind my back
Some dignity so they abstain from insulting me

18. And to my envious ones, a long life
So anguish for me persists in them

19. And to the field, its flowers and adornments
Of shining dew and grass

20. It's ugly that we wear fancy clothes
While the countryside remains naked

21. I didn't get what I wanted, but it's enough
That with my wishes I filled my time

22. If only time had any wisdom
I'd gift it my complaints