1. Things became expensive even trash
in this siege

2. My acquaintance with the son of Hammad
was due to his excessive generosity

3. And he would go out seeking livelihood in the attire of businessmen
Content with it, not complaining of meagerness

4. When Egypt became filled
with masters of slave girls

5. Then they disappeared, so it took charge
in confusion and power

6. And when generosity became scarce descend
upon the governance of the deceitful