you know what our friend said to my brother taghlib for he said o brother of taghlib by god i was running as long as this ghail ran and i am running now that the nile has been cut off. by god if i gave it to you i would not have reached you until i had passed over someone who is more deserving of it than you. if i gave people my money they would tear my house apart brick by brick. by god i have nothing left of it except what i withheld from people. but i say
قد علمتم ما قال صاحبنا لأخي تغلب، فإنه قال يا أخا تغلب إني والله كنت أجري ما جرى هذا الغيل ٤ ، وأجرى وقد انقطع النيل ٥ . إني والله لو أعطيتك، لما وصلت إليك، حتى أتجاوز من هو أحق بذلك منك. إني لو أمكنت الناس من مالي لنزعوا داري طوبة طوبة ٦ . إنه والله ما بقي معي منه إلا ما منعته الناس. ولكني أقول