هَبكَ ابتليتَ بِفَقرٍ

هَبكَ ابتليتَ بِفَقرٍ

وَكُنتَ مالِكَ مالِك

وَكُنتَ مالِكَ مالِك

Suppose you were afflicted with poverty,

You have been tried with poverty

Though you once were master of your wealth;

And you used to own wealth

فَما لِفَضلِكَ أَودى

فَما لِفَضلِكَ أَودى

أَجِب وَما لِكَمالِك

أَجِب وَما لِكَمالِك

Why, then, has your merit perished?

Yet your virtue did not perish

Answer—and what of your perfection?

Answer, and what about your perfection