1. قلت فاترك فما لي سواهُ

    قال لي والمقالُ منه صوابُ

    I said, “Then leave it; I have nothing else.”

    He said to me—and his words were sound—

  2. ليس لي أن أقوت عنه لأني

    ناظرٌ في الزكاة وهوَ نِصَابُ

    “I cannot do without it, for I

    oversee the alms-tax, and it is the taxable minimum.”