أَتَدعوني وَتُطعِمُني يَسيراً

أَتَدعوني وَتُطعِمُني يَسيراً

وَتَسقيني الكَثيرَ عَلى اليَسيرِ

وَتَسقيني الكَثيرَ عَلى اليَسيرِ

Do you invite me, only to feed me a little,

Do you invite me and feed me a little,

and give me much to drink upon that little?

And give me much to drink on top of that little?

فَأَصبَحَ مِنكَ في يَومٍ عَسيرٍ

فَأَصبَحَ مِنكَ في يَومٍ عَسيرٍ

فَلا يَنفَكُّ في يَومٍ عَسيرِ

فَلا يَنفَكُّ في يَومٍ عَسيرِ

So, because of you, I wake to a difficult day,

So, because of you, one ends up in a day of hardship,

and it does not let up throughout a difficult day.

And never escapes a day of hardship.

هُما حَرّانِ مِن جوعٍ وَسُكرٍ

هُما حَرّانِ مِن جوعٍ وَسُكرٍ

فَيالَكَ مِن سَعيرٍ في سَعيرِ

فَيالَكَ مِن سَعيرٍ في سَعيرِ

Both are burning—from hunger and drunkenness.

They are two burning heats, from hunger and drunkenness;

What a blaze you are—a blaze within a blaze!

So, what a blaze within a blaze you are!

أَقولُ وَفي غَضائِرِهِ عِظامٌ

أَقولُ وَفي غَضائِرِهِ عِظامٌ

أَتَغرِفُ مِن قُدورٍ أَم قُبورِ

أَتَغرِفُ مِن قُدورٍ أَم قُبورِ

I say, with my bones in his earthen bowls:

I say, while bones lie in his bowls:

Are you ladling from cooking pots, or from graves?

Are you scooping from cooking pots or graves?