1. يا سيدي يا جمال الدين قد عرضت

    ضرورة ولك الموزون والصدقَهْ

    O my lord, O Jamal al-Din, there has arisen

    a pressing need; yours are the metered verse and the credit for charity.

  2. إن أحوج الفقر حالي أن يحاربه

    فالعرض منِّي ومن إحسانك النفَقَهْ

    If poverty has forced me, in my plight, to fight it,

    then mine is the muster, and your generosity supplies the expense.