1. الحمد لله على ما أرى

    من ضيعتي ما بين هذا الورى

    Praise be to God for what I see

    Of my destitution among these people.

  2. أصارني الدهر إلى حالة

    يعدم فيها الضيف عندي القرى

    Time has brought me to a state

    In which a guest finds no hospitality with me.

  3. بدلت من بعد الغنى حاجة

    الى كلاب يلسبون الفرا

    After wealth, I was reduced to dependence

    On dogs that lick pelts.

  4. أصبح أدم السوق لي ماكلا

    وصار خبر البيت خبر الشرا

    Market-bought relishes have become my fare,

    And household bread became purchased bread [reading 'bread' for the written 'news'].

  5. من بعد ملكي منزلا مبهجا

    سكنت بيتا من بيوت الكرا

    After owning a delightful home,

    I have settled in a rented house.

  6. فكيف ألفى ضاحكا لاهيا

    وكيف أحظى بلذيذ الكرى

    So how can I be found laughing, carefree?

    And how can I enjoy sweet slumber?

  7. سبحان من يعلم ما خلفنا

    وتحت أيدينا وتحت الثرى

    Glory be to Him who knows what is behind us,

    And beneath our hands, and beneath the soil.

  8. والحمد لله على ما أرى

    وانقطع الخطب وزال المرا

    And praise be to God for what I see,

    And the trouble ceased, and contention vanished.