وَفي النَيلِ إِذ وَفّى البَسيطَةَ حَقَّها

وَزادَ عَلى ما جاءَهُ مِن صَنائِعِ

When the Nile fulfilled what was due

To the plain, giving more than he owed,

فَما إِن تَوَفّى الناسُ مِن شُكرِ مُنعِمَ

يُشارُ إِلى إِنعامِهِ بِالأَصابِعِ

Men failed to thank the benefactor

And pointed to his gifts with their fingers