يا واعِظَ الناسِ ما تَنفَكُّ مِن تَعبٍ

يا واعِظَ الناسِ ما تَنفَكُّ مِن تَعبٍ

مُعَذَّباً بَينَ إِنعاظٍ وَإِفلاسِ

مُعَذَّباً بَينَ إِنعاظٍ وَإِفلاسِ

O preacher to the people, you are never free of weariness,

O preacher of mankind, you suffer endless toil

Tormented between erections and bankruptcy.

Tormented by begging and poverty

ما كانَ أَغناكَ عَن إِلحافِ مَسأَلَةٍ

ما كانَ أَغناكَ عَن إِلحافِ مَسأَلَةٍ

لَو كانَ في اِستِ نَصيرٍ داءُ عَبّاسِ

لَو كانَ في اِستِ نَصيرٍ داءُ عَبّاسِ

How well you could have done without persistent begging,

Of no avail to you was the asking of favors

Had Abbas's ailment been in Nasir's arse!

Even if the malady of Abbas could assist