لقد عشتُ في ذا القرن خمسين حجة

لقد عشتُ في ذا القرن خمسين حجة

فإنى رأيت الفقر ذل معاش

فإنى رأيت الفقر ذل معاش

I have indeed lived fifty years in this century.

I lived fifty years in this life

For I have seen that poverty is a life of humiliation.

I saw poverty, a humiliating living

وأقبحُ ذلا في الورى ذل مقتر

وأقبحُ ذلا في الورى ذل مقتر

يجيئك جوعانا بذلِّ رياش

يجيئك جوعانا بذلِّ رياش

And the ugliest humiliation among humankind is that of a destitute man,

And the ugliest humiliation in existence is the humiliation of borrowing

Who comes to you hungry, his clothing a humiliation.

Comes to you starving, with the humiliation of begging