لَطَيُّ يَومٍ وَلَيلَتَينِ

لَطَيُّ يَومٍ وَلَيلَتَينِ

وَلُبسُ ثَوبَينِ بالِيَينِ

وَلُبسُ ثَوبَينِ بالِيَينِ

Surely, going hungry for a day and two nights

One day and two nights' hospitality,

And wearing two threadbare garments

And the wearing of two worn garments,

أَهوَنُ مِن مِنَّةٍ لِقَومٍ

أَهوَنُ مِن مِنَّةٍ لِقَومٍ

أَغُضُّ مِنها جُفونَ عَيني

أَغُضُّ مِنها جُفونَ عَيني

Is more bearable than a favor from people

Are lighter than the obligation of favors,

For which I lower my eyelids.

From people whose eyelids weigh more heavily than that upon me.

إِنّي وَإِن كُنتُ ذا عِيالٍ

إِنّي وَإِن كُنتُ ذا عِيالٍ

قَليلَ مالٍ كَثيرَ دَينِ

قَليلَ مالٍ كَثيرَ دَينِ

Indeed, though I have dependents,

Though I am a man with a family to support,

Little wealth and much debt,

Of little wealth and many debts,

لَأَحمَدُ اللَهَ حينَ صارَت

لَأَحمَدُ اللَهَ حينَ صارَت

حَوائِجي بَينَهُ وَبَيني

حَوائِجي بَينَهُ وَبَيني

I surely praise God, now that

Yet I thank God, now that

My needs have come to lie between Him and me.

My needs are only between Him and me.