يَعُدّونَ لي مالاً فَهُم يَحسُدونَني

يَعُدّونَ لي مالاً فَهُم يَحسُدونَني

وَذو المالِ قَد يُغرى بِهِ كُلُّ مُعدَمِ

وَذو المالِ قَد يُغرى بِهِ كُلُّ مُعدَمِ

They reckon I have wealth, and so they envy me.

They imagine I have wealth, and so they envy me,

And every penniless man may be drawn to a man of wealth.

Yet he with riches can be tempted by each destitute one.

وَلَو حَسِبوا مالي طَريفي وَتالدي

وَلَو حَسِبوا مالي طَريفي وَتالدي

وَقَرضي وَفَرضي لَم يَكُن نِصف دِرهَمِ

وَقَرضي وَفَرضي لَم يَكُن نِصف دِرهَمِ

Yet if they counted my wealth, newly acquired and inherited,

If they but knew my wealth was my wit and my offspring,

And my loans and my allotment, it would not amount to half a dirham.

Along with what I owe and must pay, it would not be half a dirham!