1. جملة أمري أنني مفلسٌ

    وليس للمفلس إخوانُ

    The sum of my affairs is that I am penniless;

    And the penniless man has no friends.

  2. ولك ذي عيش بلا درهمٍ

    فعيشه ظلمٌ وعدوان

    And [every] person living without a dirham—

    His life is oppression and injustice.