لَطَيُّ يَومٍ وَلَيلَتَينِ

وَلُبسُ ثَوبَينِ بالِيَينِ

One day and two nights' hospitality,

And the wearing of two worn garments,

أَهوَنُ مِن مِنَّةٍ لِقَومٍ

أَغُضُّ مِنها جُفونَ عَيني

Are lighter than the obligation of favors,

From people whose eyelids weigh more heavily than that upon me.

إِنّي وَإِن كُنتُ ذا عِيالٍ

قَليلَ مالٍ كَثيرَ دَينِ

Though I am a man with a family to support,

Of little wealth and many debts,

لَأَحمَدُ اللَهَ حينَ صارَت

حَوائِجي بَينَهُ وَبَيني

Yet I thank God, now that

My needs are only between Him and me.