كُنتَ الفَقيرَ فَخُطِّئَت لَكَ صُيَّبُ

وَرُزِقتَ إِثراءً فَقيلَ مُقَرطِسُ

You were poor, so they blamed you

And when you became wealthy, they called you a miser

خَرَصوا فَقالوا إِنَّ عالَمَ آدَمٍ

قَد كانَ يَلفُظُ أَنفُساً إِذ يَعطِسُ

They speculated and said that the human world

Used to sneeze out souls when it sneezed

فَلِذالِكَ صارَ الحَمدُ عِندَ عُطاسِهِم

خُلقاً لَهُم وَأَخو الحِجى مُتنَطِّسُ

So for that reason praise became for them, when they sneezed

A habit, and the pilgrim's brother sprayed himself