أَهْجو متاعي بألفِ بيتٍ

أَهْجو متاعي بألفِ بيتٍ

إذْ رَدَّ بَيْتي بلا متاعِ

إذْ رَدَّ بَيْتي بلا متاعِ

I satirize my possessions in a thousand verses,

I lampoon my member in a thousand verses,

for they have left my house without a possession;

since it left my house without possessions.

وأَضيع المالِ ما تَلاشى

وأَضيع المالِ ما تَلاشى

بالمهرِ والمهدِ والرَضاعِ

بالمهرِ والمهدِ والرَضاعِ

and wealth is never more utterly squandered

And the most squandered wealth is what vanished

than on bride-price, cradle, and nursing.

on the bridal dower, the cradle, and nursing.