أَلا سَبيلٌ إِلى مالٍ يُعارِضُني

كَما يُعارِضُ ماءُ الأَبطَحِ الجاري

Is there no way for wealth to come my way,

as a wayfarer comes upon the water of al-Abṭaḥ?

أَلا أُعانُ عَلى جودي بِمَيسَرَةٍ

فَلا يَرُدُّ نَدى كَفَّيَّ إِقتاري

Could I not be aided in my generosity by affluence,

so my poverty would not hold back the dew of my two hands?