1. وَكاتب حاسب إِن رُمتُ مُلتَمِساً

    ما في يَديه إِذا ما رُحت مُجتَديَه

    And a scribe, an accountant—if I seek, as a petitioner,

    What is in his hands, when I go begging from him,

  2. أَضافَ تسعين تقفوها ثلاثتها

    إِلى ثَلاثة آلاف وَتسعِميَه

    He adds ninety, followed by its three,

    To three thousand and nine hundred.