1. وَبَخيلٍ يَنالُ مِن عَرضِهِ النا

    سُ وَلَكِن رَغيفُهُ لا يُنالُ

    And there is a miser whose honor people assail,

    yet his loaf cannot be had.

  2. كُلَّ يَومٍ يَأتي بِحَرفِ رَغيفٍ

    كَهِلالٍ لَم يَدنُ مِنهُ كَمالُ

    Every day he brings a crust of a loaf,

    like a crescent whose fullness has never drawn near.

  3. مُستَقِرٌّ في وَسطِ سُفرَتِهِ الزَر

    قاءِ لا يَعتَريهِ مِنهُ زَوالُ

    Settled in the middle of his blue dining cloth,

    never vanishing from that spot.

  4. فَتَعَجَّبتُ مِن سَماءٍ بِأَرضٍ

    كُلَّ يَومِ يَلوحُ فيها هِلالُ

    So I marveled at a sky upon the earth,

    where a crescent appears every day.