1. My clothes are torn and my shirt is ripped
My loincloth and belly are empty and dismayed

2. My home is empty, nothing is in it
I'm not someone who fears thieves

3. The ruler deemed it lawful to withhold my gifts
Khalid, indeed Khalid is avaricious

4. Diligent in worship and good
God made concessions in the Book for the needy

5. But Khalid has no leniency
He burdened the poor destitute with an alternative

6. Is there for him a substitute or refuge?
The sick old man with a limp

7. Blind in his eye, groping
O Abul Haytham, bestow on me

8. A gift, do not diminish it
With my sustenance, for we have suffered

9. Loss, and the family has little
Like the chicks gathered by the nest

10. Guarded by a captive hawk
You see the house ragged and bleak

11. On its sides are patches and tatters
With torn clothes and worn out bowls

12. One leg gone, the other limping
Yet it once had smooth legs

13. On which meat and greens were served
So it was, things went astray in Egypt

14. And I was not distracted by ostentation
He busied himself in every sea and land

15. His concern was feasts and gain
Lofty over me, the last beloved

16. Accompanied by ducks and plucked
Roasted meat and heads

17. Diminished by carving
Then weights will inevitably meet scales

18. At the Gathering, so beware of fraud
Give much wealth on the side and collect it

19. Thus will diminish your loss