1. رأوا بِزَّتي فقَضَوا أنَّني

    مِنَ المالِ في حالَةٍ مُثرِيَهْ

    They saw my attire and concluded that I

    Was amply endowed with wealth.

  2. فقلْتُ لهمْ ليسَ ما قِستُمُ

    سَوِيّاً لدى العَدلِ والتَّسويَهْ

    So I told them: your assessment is not

    Sound by the standards of justice and fairness.

  3. فقد يكتسي المَرءُ خَزَّ الثِّيابِ

    ومِن دُونِها حالَةٌ مضنيَهْ

    For a man may wear silk-and-wool robes,

    Yet beneath them lies a debilitating plight,

  4. كَمنْ يَكْتَسي خَدُّهُ حُمرَةً

    وعِلَّتُهُ ورَمٌ في الرِّيَهْ

    Like one whose cheek is clothed in redness,

    While his ailment is a swelling in the lung.