رَأيْتُ القنَاعَة َ رَأْسَ الغنَى
فصِرتُ بأَذْيَالِهَا مُمْتَسِكْ
I saw Contentment as the crown of wealth,
so I clung fast to her trailing skirts.
فلا ذا يراني على بابهِ
وَلا ذا يَرَاني بهِ مُنْهمِكْ
Thus this man does not see me at his door,
nor does that man see me wholly engrossed in him.
فصرتُ غَنِيّاً بِلا دِرْهَم
أمرُّ على النَّاسِ شبهَ الملك
And so I became rich without a single dirham,
I pass among the people almost like a king.
Sol 5.6