لَو التَقى عيسى بِعيسى لما

كانَ لَهُ مِن مالِهِ بَختُ

If Jesus met Jesus, he would not

Have any luck with his money

وَغْدٌ مِنَ الزُطِّ إِذا ما بَدا

رَأَيتُهُ مِن خِسَّةٍ تَحتُ

And tomorrow the insincere one, when he appears

I see him as the lowest of the low

يَقولُ لِلقاصِدِ لا تَسأَلَن

فَإِنَّهُ قَد مُنِعَ الدَستُ

He says to one with a request, do not ask

For it has been forbidden, the giving of gifts

حالِيَ قَد أَفضَت إِلى ضيقَةٍ

يَعجَزُ عَن إِدراكِها النَعتُ

My state has come to dire straits

That descriptions fall short of reaching

صَيَّرَهُ اللَهُ كَذا عاجِلاً

لَيسَ لَهُ فَوقٌ وَلا تَحتُ

God has made him this way, hastened

He has neither above nor below