1. أَرى الكُتّابَ كُلُّهُمُ جَميعاً

    بِأَرزاقٍ تَعُمُّهُمُ سِنينا

    I see the scribes, all of them together,

    With livelihoods that sustain them all for years;

  2. وَما لِيَ بَينَهُم رِزقٌ كَأَنّي

    خُلِقتُ مِنَ الكِرامِ الكاتِبينا

    Yet I have no livelihood among them, as though I

    Were created one of the noble recording angels.