1. لقد عشتُ في ذا القرن خمسين حجة

    فإنى رأيت الفقر ذل معاش

    Indeed, I have lived fifty years in this century.

    For I have found poverty to be humiliation in one's livelihood.

  2. وأقبحُ ذلا في الورى ذل مقتر

    يجيئك جوعانا بذلِّ رياش

    And the worst humiliation among humankind is a pauper's humiliation:

    He comes to you hungry, in shabby attire.