رَأيْتُ القنَاعَة َ رَأْسَ الغنَى

رَأيْتُ القنَاعَة َ رَأْسَ الغنَى

فصِرتُ بأَذْيَالِهَا مُمْتَسِكْ

فصِرتُ بأَذْيَالِهَا مُمْتَسِكْ

I saw Contentment as the crown of wealth,

I saw contentment as the pinnacle of wealth.

so I clung fast to her trailing skirts.

So I began to cling to its hems.

فلا ذا يراني على بابهِ

فلا ذا يراني على بابهِ

وَلا ذا يَرَاني بهِ مُنْهمِكْ

وَلا ذا يَرَاني بهِ مُنْهمِكْ

Thus this man does not see me at his door,

So no one sees me at his door,

nor does that man see me wholly engrossed in him.

Nor does anyone see me preoccupied with him.

فصرتُ غَنِيّاً بِلا دِرْهَم

فصرتُ غَنِيّاً بِلا دِرْهَم

أمرُّ على النَّاسِ شبهَ الملك

أمرُّ على النَّاسِ شبهَ الملك

And so I became rich without a single dirham,

So I became rich without a dirham;

I pass among the people almost like a king.

I pass by people like a king.