لهُ كَفٌّ أَهَانَ المالَ فِيها

لهُ كَفٌّ أَهَانَ المالَ فِيها

فَأَقسَمَ لا أَقامَ على الهَوَانِ

فَأَقسَمَ لا أَقامَ على الهَوَانِ

He has a palm in which he has humbled money;

He has a palm that has humiliated wealth in it

so it swore it would not remain in humiliation.

So he swore not to stay humble

وَمِن يُمْناهُ لا من شِعْبِ كِسرَى

وَمِن يُمْناهُ لا من شِعْبِ كِسرَى

دَنانِيرٌ تَفِرُّ مِن البَنانِ

دَنانِيرٌ تَفِرُّ مِن البَنانِ

And from his right hand—not from Kisra’s ravine—

And from his favors, not from the mountain pass of Ctesiphon

dinars flee from his fingertips.

Golden dinars that flee from the enemy

وَمُذْ بُنَيتْ على الفَتحِ استمرَّتْ

وَمُذْ بُنَيتْ على الفَتحِ استمرَّتْ

عَليهِ ولا مُغيِّرَ لِلمَباني

عَليهِ ولا مُغيِّرَ لِلمَباني

And since it was built on openness, it has remained

And since it was built on the conquest it remained

so; no one alters fixed forms.

Upon it, no changer of buildings

وَمَا مَعْ جُودِهِ لِلمالِ سُكنَى

وَمَا مَعْ جُودِهِ لِلمالِ سُكنَى

هُناكَ وَكَيْفَ يُجمَعُ سَاكِنانِ

هُناكَ وَكَيْفَ يُجمَعُ سَاكِنانِ

And with his generosity, money has no dwelling

And with his generosity to money, there is no dwelling

there—and how can two things at rest be joined?

There, so how can two dwellers meet