لَم يَكفِني جَمعي لِضَعفِ يَقيني

لَم يَكفِني جَمعي لِضَعفِ يَقيني

حَتّى اِستَطَلتُ بِهِ عَلى المِسكينِ

حَتّى اِستَطَلتُ بِهِ عَلى المِسكينِ

My hoarding did not suffice me, so weak was my certainty,

My gathering did not suffice my weak certainty

until I used it to lord it over the poor.

Until through it I prevailed over the poor soul

مَن كانَ فَوقي في اليَسارِ مَنَحتُهُ ال

مَن كانَ فَوقي في اليَسارِ مَنَحتُهُ ال

تَعظيمَ وَاِستَصغَرتُ مَن هُوَ دوني

تَعظيمَ وَاِستَصغَرتُ مَن هُوَ دوني

Whoever surpassed me in wealth, I granted him

He who was above me in ease I deemed him not

reverence, and I belittled whoever was beneath me.

Venerable, and deemed lowly whoso was beneath me