لما اشترى بكتمر حجرة

لما اشترى بكتمر حجرة

من جُحرِهِ واحتملًَ العارا

من جُحرِهِ واحتملًَ العارا

When Baktamur bought a room

When Boktamer bought himself a room

from his burrow, and bore the shame,

To move from his burrow bearing the shame

هذي به الناس وقالوا قد اس

هذي به الناس وقالوا قد اس

تغنى وقد صار وقد صارا

تغنى وقد صار وقد صارا

people babbled about him and said, 'He has grown—

People mocked him and said he’s now rich

rich, and indeed become so, and indeed become so.'

Became self-sufficient, so very esteemed

فقلت خلوه بأحكامه

فقلت خلوه بأحكامه

كم دار حتى حصل الدار

كم دار حتى حصل الدار

So I said, 'Leave him to his own judgments—

I said leave him be in his own right

how often he turned before he obtained the house!'

Many homes rotate until a home's secured