وَقَالُوا لَن تَنَألَ الدَّهرَ فَقراً

وَقَالُوا لَن تَنَألَ الدَّهرَ فَقراً

إِذَا شَكَرَتكَ نِعمَتَكَ الوَحِيدُ

إِذَا شَكَرَتكَ نِعمَتَكَ الوَحِيدُ

And they said, "You will never know poverty,

They said, "You will never be free of poverty,

if al-Wahid thanks you for your bounty."

If you are grateful for the sole blessing you possess."

فَيَا نَدَماً نَدِمتُ عَلَى رِزَامٍ

فَيَا نَدَماً نَدِمتُ عَلَى رِزَامٍ

وَمُخلفة كما خُلِع العَتُودُ

وَمُخلفة كما خُلِع العَتُودُ

So, oh, what regret I felt over Rizam,

Alas! I regret the food I left uneaten,

and an aged she-camel, as the young billy goat was cast off.

And provisions discarded like stripped kindling wood.