شكراً لها فرجية قد بيضت

شكراً لها فرجية قد بيضت

عيشي وعين الحاسد المتواطي

عيشي وعين الحاسد المتواطي

Thanks for the robe, which has brightened

Thanks to her, predictably my life has lightened,

My life and whitened the conniving envier’s eye.

While the envious eye, dispelled into darkness.

جاءت ولم أسأل ولكن جاءني

جاءت ولم أسأل ولكن جاءني

خياطها وعجزت عن قيراط

خياطها وعجزت عن قيراط

It came unasked, but then came to me

She came unsolicited, arrived before me-

Its tailor, and I could not pay a qirat.

Her tailor in tow, short just a gram.

وأريد جوداً ثانياً ولطالما

وأريد جوداً ثانياً ولطالما

قد جدت لي قدماً وللخياط

قد جدت لي قدماً وللخياط

And I seek a second act of generosity; how often

Again I yearn for her generosity, as so often before

You have been generous to me before—and to the tailor.

She stretched out her hand, as did her tailor.