قُلْتُ لَمَّا اسْتَقَلَّ مَوْلاَيَ زَرْعِي

قُلْتُ لَمَّا اسْتَقَلَّ مَوْلاَيَ زَرْعِي

وَرَأَى غَلَّةَ الَّطعَامِ قّلِيلَهْ

وَرَأَى غَلَّةَ الَّطعَامِ قّلِيلَهْ

I said, when my lord deemed my crop scant

I said when my Master saw that my crop was scanty,

and saw that the grain yield was meagre:

And the harvest small, my zeal for ploughing ceased,

دِمْنَتِي لاِنْتِجَاعِي الْحَرْثَ كَلَّتْ

دِمْنَتِي لاِنْتِجَاعِي الْحَرْثَ كَلَّتْ

فهِيَ الْيَوْمَ دِمْنَةٌ وَكَلِيلَهْ

فهِيَ الْيَوْمَ دِمْنَةٌ وَكَلِيلَهْ

“My manured plot has grown weary from my seeking sustenance through tillage;

So that zeal today has dwindled and decreased,

so today it is a manured plot (Dimna), and weary (Kalila).”

My crop being scanty and my harvest meagre.