شاعرٌ أخرج نصفاً زغلاً
عندَ خبازٍ فلما أنْ عُرِفْ
A poet gave a worthless coin
To a baker, who recognized it was fake
قيلَ هذا جائزٌ قالَ نعمْ
يصرفُ الشاعرُ مالا ينصرفْ
When told it was permissible, he said “Yes”
The poet spends what cannot be spent
شاعرٌ أخرج نصفاً زغلاً
عندَ خبازٍ فلما أنْ عُرِفْ
A poet gave a worthless coin
To a baker, who recognized it was fake
قيلَ هذا جائزٌ قالَ نعمْ
يصرفُ الشاعرُ مالا ينصرفْ
When told it was permissible, he said “Yes”
The poet spends what cannot be spent