1. They urged me to fast, but I said, wait,
For my whole life has been fasting.
١. وهنوا بالصيام فقلت مهلاً
فإني طول دهري في صيام
2. And does one break fast who wakes and sleeps
Hoping for the scraps of the vile?
٢. وهل فطر لمن يمسي ويضحي
يؤمل فضل أقواتِ اللئام