تُسائِلُني هَوازِنُ أَينَ مالي

تُسائِلُني هَوازِنُ أَينَ مالي

وَهَل لي غَيرَ ما أَنفَقَتُ مالُ

وَهَل لي غَيرَ ما أَنفَقَتُ مالُ

Hawāzin asks me, “Where is my wealth?

Hawazin asks me where my wealth is.

And do I have any wealth but what I have spent?”

And have I any wealth besides what I have spent?

فَقُلتُ لَها هَوازَنَ إِنَّ مالي

فَقُلتُ لَها هَوازَنَ إِنَّ مالي

أَضَرَّ بِهِ المُلِمّاتُ الثِقالُ

أَضَرَّ بِهِ المُلِمّاتُ الثِقالُ

So I told her, “Hawāzin, indeed, my wealth—

So I said to her, “Hawazin, my wealth

grave calamities ravaged it;

has been harmed by heavy calamities.

اِضَرَّ بِهِ نَعَم وَنَعَم قَديماً

اِضَرَّ بِهِ نَعَم وَنَعَم قَديماً

عَلى ما كانَ مِن مالٍ وَبالُ

عَلى ما كانَ مِن مالٍ وَبالُ

‘yes’ and ‘yes’ ravaged it long ago,

Saying ‘yes’ has harmed it, and ‘yes’ has long

a bane upon whatever wealth I had.”

been a bane to whatever wealth there was.”