وصاحب لي شكا ضرّا فقلت له

بي مثل ما بك من ضرّ وإفلاس

A friend complained to me of his woes, so I said:

I suffer the same pains and ruin as you.

حالي كحالك والمغبون عيشتهُ

من مدّ كفا إلى ما في يد الناس

My state is like yours, and the life of the dispossessed

is to extend a palm to what is in people's hands.