1. يا سيدي عشت لي وبعدي

    أرضُ نعليك صحن خدي

    O my lord, may you live for my sake and outlive me.

    The broad surface of my cheek is the ground beneath your sandals.

  2. عندك يا سيدي نبيذٌ

    وليس لي منه رطل دردي

    You have wine, O my lord,

    And I have not a ratl of its dregs.

  3. تروي وأظمأ وذاك بني ال

    أحرار ضربُ من التعدي

    You drink your fill while I thirst; and that, sons of the

    freeborn, is a kind of injustice.

  4. وقد تناهى أمري إلى أن

    بكرت من منزلي أكدي

    And my plight has reached the point that

    I set out early from my home to beg.