1. يا سيدي عطفاً على عصبةٍ

    أفكارهم للقمحِ محميَّه

    O my lord, show compassion to a band

    Whose thoughts are afire for wheat.

  2. قد طبخت بالشوقِ أكبادهم

    فيا لها طبخة قمحيَّه

    Their livers have been cooked by longing—

    So, oh, what a wheaten dish!