يا رجلاً خفَّ عندهَ الثِقَلُ

حتى به صار يُضربُ المثلُ

O man who has lightened his heavy load

So that he becomes the subject of parables

ثَقُلت حتى لقد خَفَفَتَ كما

سَمُجتَ حتى مَلحْتَ يا رجلُ

You have lightened yourself until indeed you became weightless

As you have become insipid until you became savory, O man