1. أتاني عن جاريك أنْ قد قطعتَه

    وفي لؤمكَ المشهور ما شئتَ من عُذْرِ

    Word has reached me that you have cut off your regular allowance.

    And in your well-known meanness lies whatever excuse you wish.

  2. فهبْ ذلك الدينار صَاحبَ طالعي

    من الأنجُم السيارةِ السبعة الزُّهرِ

    So suppose that dinar is the lord of my ascendant,

    Among the seven bright, wandering stars.

  3. وأنت الذي تُجريه لي وتنيرُهُ

    وفيه الذي أرجو من الرزق والعُمْرِ

    And you are the one who sets it in motion for me and makes it shine,

    And in it lies what I hope for of sustenance and life.

  4. ألستَ حقيقاً بالدعاء بكُدرةٍ

    وأن أتلقَّى ذاك إن كان بالشكرِ

    Are you not deserving of a prayer that gloom befall you,

    And of my greeting that, should it come, with thanks?