وإن التواني زوّج العجز بنته

وإن التواني زوّج العجز بنته

وساق إليه حين زوجها مهرا

وساق إليه حين زوجها مهرا

And when Procrastination married his daughter to Incapacity,

And indeed, Slackness married his daughter to Incapacity,

and, as he gave her away, brought him for her dowry

And brought him, when he gave her in marriage, a dowry:

فراشا وطيا ثم قال لها اتكي

فراشا وطيا ثم قال لها اتكي

فقصركما لاشكّ أن تلدا الفقرا

فقصركما لاشكّ أن تلدا الفقرا

a soft, yielding bed, then told her, “Recline—

A soft bed; then he said to her, 'Recline,

for you two are surely destined to give birth to Poverty.”

For all you two can achieve, without doubt, is to beget poverty.'