تَرَدُّدِي اليومَ لِلخبَّازِ يَشغلُني

عنِ التَّردُّدِ والتَّرْدادِ لِلنَّاسِ

My wandering today to the baker occupies me

From wandering and going back to people

مَا لَيسَ لي بُدُّ منهُ كُلَّ شَارقَةٍ

أَسعَى إليهِ على العَيْنينِ والرَّاسِ

What I cannot avoid every morning

I strive for it with my eyes and head

طُوْراً بِنَقْدٍ وَطُوْراً بِالرُّهُو

نِ وَطَوْراً بِالنَّسِيئةٍ ممن ليسَ بالناسِ

Sometimes with cash and sometimes on credit

And sometimes with postponed payment from one who is not people

وعَطلتي أَنا قَد دامتْ فلا عَمَلٌ

إلا ضَراسِ أَهْلي أَوْ لأَضْراسي

And my unemployment has lasted so no work

Except for the teeth of my family or for my teeth