1. قال لي صاحِبي وقدْ بانَ زُهْدي

    عنْدَما أمّلَ الهُمامُ العَميدُ

    My companion said to me, as my renunciation became clear,

    when hope was placed in the noble chieftain:

  2. لِمَ أعْرَضْتَ واسْتَهَنْتَ بهَذا

    قلتُ أغْناني الغَنيُّ الحَميدُ

    “Why have you turned away and made light of this?”

    I said, “The Self-Sufficient, the Praiseworthy, has enriched me.”