قل للرّجاءِ إليكَ قَد

أتْعبتني بَعْدَ الكِرَامِ

Tell hope from me that it has wearied me after generosity

The disease of stinginess has become widespread among all people

قد عمّ داءُ البُخلِ حَتْ

تَى شاعَ في كلِّ الأَنامِ

So I resist them with stinginess, destitute upon the rubble

Why do you insist on trying and wish for a torrent of calamities

فَأَكُفُّهُم بالبُخل مُقْ

فَلَةٌ على سُحتِ الحُطَامِ

O my brother complaining of what I complain

And carrying my worries and forgetting the bond of love

فإِلامَ ترتادُ المَحُو

لَ وتَرتَجي رِيَّ الجَهامِ

Not the lineage of fathers and uncles

The state of justice has wronged me, so who will remove my injustice

يا أخي الشّاكِي لِما أش

كُوهُ والحَاملَ هَمّي

And when will I be ruled with justice when the judge is my opponent

ونسيبَ الوُدِّ لا نِسْ

بَةَ آباءٍ وعَمِّ

ظَلَمَتْنِي دولةُ العَدْ

لِ فَمَنْ يكشِفُ ظُلمِي

ومتَى يُحْكَمُ لي بالْ

عَدلِ والحاكِمُ خَصْمِي