بَخِلْتَ بِوَقْفَةٍ أَشْكُوكَ فيها

إِلَيْكَ وَأَيُّ عُذْرٍ لِلْبَخِيلِ

You were stingy with a stop in which I complain to you of you

And what excuse is there for the stingy one?

وَلَمْ يَكُ في الوُقُوفِ عَلَيْكَ عَارٌ

وَقَدْ يَقِفُ العَزِيزُ عَلَى الذَّلِيلِ

And standing before you was no disgrace

While the mighty may stand before the lowly

أَجِرْني مُتُّ قَبْلَكَ مِنْ زَمانٍ

رَمَاني مِنْهُ بِالخَطْبِ الجَلِيلِ

Reward me, one who obeys you, from a time

That has cast me with great misfortune