غَلَتِ الأَشياءُ حَتّى الكَش

خُ في هَذا الحِصارِ

Things became expensive even trash

in this siege

كانَ عَهدي بِاِبنِ حَمّا

دٍ لِإِفراطِ البَوارِ

My acquaintance with the son of Hammad

was due to his excessive generosity

وَهوَ يَغدو يَطلُبُ الأَع

مالَ في زِيِّ التِجّارِ

And he would go out seeking livelihood in the attire of businessmen

Content with it, not complaining of meagerness

راضِياً مِنها وَما يَق

نَعُ مِنها بِالصِغارِ

When Egypt became filled

with masters of slave girls

حينَ صارَ المِصرُ مَش

حوناً بِأَربابِ الجَواري

Then they disappeared, so it took charge

in confusion and power

ثُمَّ غابوا فَتَوَلّا

ها بِتيهٍ وَاقتِدارِ

And when generosity became scarce descend

upon the governance of the deceitful

وَإِذا عَزَّ الكِرا فَاِن

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