إِن دامَ إِفلاسي عَلى ما أَرى

هَجَرتُ إِخواني وَأَصحابي

If my bankruptcy continues as I see it now,

I shall abandon my brothers and my friends,

وَبُعتُ أَثوابي وَإِن بِعتُها

بَقيتُ بَينَ الدارِ وَالبابِ

And sell my clothes—yet if I sell them,

I shall remain stranded between the house and the door.