لَو كانَ بَطنُكَ شِبراً قَد شَبِعتَ وَقَد
أَبقيتَ خُبزاً كَثيراً لِلمساكينِ
Had your belly been a handspan, you would have eaten your fill and
left much bread for the poor.
فَإِن تُصِبكَ مِن الأَيّامِ جائِحَةٌ
لَم نَبكِ مِنكَ عَلى دُنيا وَلا دينِ
So if a calamity of time should strike you,
we would mourn neither worldly life nor faith in you.
مازِلتَ في سورَة الأَعرافِ تَدرُسُها
حَتّى فُؤادُك مِثلُ الخَزِّ في اللّينِ
You have kept studying the surah al-A‘raf,
until your heart is like silken cloth in softness.
إِنَّ اِمرءاً كُنتُ مَولاهُ فَضَيَّعَني
يَرجو الفَلاحَ لعندي حقُّ مَغبونِ
Indeed, a man whose client I was, who then neglected me,
and who hopes for success, is in my eyes a true dupe.
Sol 6.1