إذا كان المحبُّ قليلَ مالٍ

فما أيامُهُ إلا ليالِ

If the lover has little money,

His days are but nights.

لقدْ هانَ المقلُّ على البرايا

فلمْ يخطرْ لمخلوقٍ ببالِ

The poor man has become cheap in the wilderness,

And it occurs to no soul.

وأصبحَ بينَ أهليهِ غريباً

طويلَ الهجرِ منبتَّ الحبال

And he becomes a stranger among his family,

With long estrangement, where affection is cut off.