قال لي إذا رأى انكساري حبيبي

قال لي إذا رأى انكساري حبيبي

ما الذي قد دعا لهذي العياده

ما الذي قد دعا لهذي العياده

When my beloved saw how broken I was, he said to me:

My beloved said to me when he saw my sadness

“What has prompted this sickbed visit?”

What has called for this condolence

قلت زادوا رفاق شغلي دوني

قلت زادوا رفاق شغلي دوني

قال أخشى عليك من ذي الزياده

قال أخشى عليك من ذي الزياده

I said, “They have given my fellow workers more, but not me.”

I said my friends have busied themselves without me

He said, “I fear for you because of this increase.”

He said I fear for you from this increase