سيدي إن الذي أوصل لي

سيدي إن الذي أوصل لي

فقده من ظنه أن يمنعا

فقده من ظنه أن يمنعا

My lord, indeed, the one who delivered it to me

My master, he who brought it to me

is absent because he thought it would be withheld.

Lost it thinking he would deny me

سلم المعلوم شهراً واحداً

سلم المعلوم شهراً واحداً

ثمّ ما سلم حتى ودّعا

ثمّ ما سلم حتى ودّعا

He paid the stipulated allowance for a single month,

He handed over the known one month

then scarcely said hello before bidding farewell.

Then he did not hand over until he bid farewell