1. أشكرُ مولاي ونصفيَّتي

    تشكرُه أَكثرَ من شُكري

    I thank my lord, and my tunic

    thanks him more than I do.

  2. أراحَها جَدوَاهُ من كلِّ ما

    تشكوه من دَقٍ ومن عَصرِ

    His bounty spared it everything

    it complained of: beating and wringing.

  3. كم مرةٍ كادت مع الماءِ إذ

    يَغسِلُها غَسّالها تجري

    How often it nearly—with the water, when

    its washer washed it—flowed away!

  4. تموتُ في الماجور لولا النشَا

    يَبعَثُهَا في ساعة النَّشرِ

    It would die in the washbasin, were it not for the starch

    that resurrects it when it is spread out to dry.

  5. أراحها الدهر وطُوبَى لمن

    يُريحُهُ في آخرِ العُمرِ

    He has given it rest forever; blessed is anyone

    he grants rest at the end of life.