أصبح يعقوب وتبجيله

للخبز مرئيٌّ ومسموعُ

Jacob's dignity and reverence

For bread has become visible and heard

رغيفه في قدر ديناره

بتلكم السكة مطبوعُ

Its loaf in the worth of a dinar

Is imprinted on that road

بل آية الكرسي مكتوبة

فهو طوال الدهر ممنوع

Rather the verse of the throne is written

So it is forbidden throughout time

لا يشتكي ضيفٌ له كِظَّةً

لكنه يقتله الجوع

No guest complains to him of meagerness

But hunger kills him