أتعجب أن رأيت علي ديناً

أتعجب أن رأيت علي ديناً

وأن ذهب الطريف مع التِّلاد

وأن ذهب الطريف مع التِّلاد

Do you wonder that you have seen me in debt,

I'm amazed that you saw me as indebted

and that newly acquired wealth has gone with long-held wealth?

And that joys left with childhood friends

ملأت يدي من الدنيا مراراً

ملأت يدي من الدنيا مراراً

فما طمع العواذل في اقتصادي

فما طمع العواذل في اقتصادي

I have filled my hand with worldly riches time and again,

I've filled my hands with life's bitterness

yet the women who reproach me had no hope of my thrift.

So libertines cannot hope to profit from me

وما وجبت عليَّ زكاة مال

وما وجبت عليَّ زكاة مال

وهل تجب الزكاة على جواد

وهل تجب الزكاة على جواد

And no zakat on wealth has ever been due from me;

No alms were ever due on my wealth

and is zakat ever due from a generous man?

Should alms be due on generosity?