يالَهفَ نَفسي عَلى مالٍ أُفَرِّقُهُ

يالَهفَ نَفسي عَلى مالٍ أُفَرِّقُهُ

عَلى المُقِلّينَ مِن أَهلِ المُروآتِ

عَلى المُقِلّينَ مِن أَهلِ المُروآتِ

Oh, how my soul longs for wealth I could distribute

My soul yearns for wealth to distribute

Among the needy of noble character.

Among the few of true virtue

إِنَّ اِعتِذاري إِلى مَن جاءَ يَسأَلُني

إِنَّ اِعتِذاري إِلى مَن جاءَ يَسأَلُني

ما لَيسَ عِندي لَمِن إِحدى المُصيباتِ

ما لَيسَ عِندي لَمِن إِحدى المُصيباتِ

Indeed, my apologizing to someone who comes asking me

To those who come asking of me

For what I do not have is surely one of the calamities.

What I do not have, I plead necessity