1. وَقائِلَةٍ لي كَيفَ حالُكَ بَعدَنا

    أَفي ثَوبِ مُثرٍ أَنتَ أَم ثَوبِ مُفتِرِ

    A woman said to me, “How have you fared since we left?

    Are you in a wealthy man’s garb, or that of one brought low?”

  2. فَقُلتُ لَها لا تَسأَليني فَإِنَّني

    أَروحُ وَأَغدو في حرامٍ مُقَتِّرِ

    I told her, “Do not ask me, for I

    go out evening and morning in a miser’s woolen cloak.”