بَلَونا فَضلَ مالِكَ يا اِبنَ لَيلى

بَلَونا فَضلَ مالِكَ يا اِبنَ لَيلى

فَلَم تَكُ عِندَ عَثرَتِنا أَخانا

فَلَم تَكُ عِندَ عَثرَتِنا أَخانا

We tested the bounty of your wealth, O son of Layla,

We tested the favor of your friend O son of Layla

Yet you were no brother to us when we stumbled.

Yet you were not loyal to us in our stumbling

كَأَنَّ رِحالَنا في الدارِ حُلَّت

كَأَنَّ رِحالَنا في الدارِ حُلَّت

إِلى عُفرِ اللَهازِمِ مِن عُمانا

إِلى عُفرِ اللَهازِمِ مِن عُمانا

As though our saddles had been unloaded in the house

As if our departure from the abode was resolved

Beside folk from Oman with dust-colored jowls.

To the wastes of defeat from Oman

فَكَيفَ جَمَعتَ مَسأَلَةً وَحِرصاً

فَكَيفَ جَمَعتَ مَسأَلَةً وَحِرصاً

وَعِندَ الفَقرِ زَحّاراً أُنانا

وَعِندَ الفَقرِ زَحّاراً أُنانا

How, then, have you combined begging with greed,

So how did you combine begging and greed

While, in poverty, you constantly grunt and groan?

With, in poverty, self-importance, obstinacy