يُقتّر عيسى على نفسه

وليس بباقٍ ولا خالدِ

Jesus imposes austerity on himself

Yet he is neither everlasting nor immortal

فلو يستطيع لتقتيره

تَنفَّس من منخرٍ واحدِ

If he could impose more austerity

He would breathe through only one nostril

عذرناه أيام إعدامه

فما عذرُ ذي بَخَلٍ واجِدِ

We excused him during his days of execution

Yet what is the excuse of one so miserly and ungenerous?

رَضِيتُ لتفريق أمواله

يَدَي وارثٍ ليس بالحامدِ

I would be satisfied with the dispersal of his wealth

By the hands of an heir who is no eulogizer