كنتُ فقيراً ثم أغنيتني

كنتُ فقيراً ثم أغنيتني

وعدت في الفقر من الراس

وعدت في الفقر من الراس

I was poor; then you made me rich,

I was poor, then you enriched me

and I returned to poverty all over again,

And I returned to poverty from the beginning

كمثل من بخره أهله

كمثل من بخره أهله

وهو على مجمره فاسي

وهو على مجمره فاسي

like someone whose family perfumed him with incense

Like one whose family has perfumed him

while he silently farted over his incense burner.

While he is above the burning coal