Poverty Versus Richness Poem by MOHAMMAD SKATI

To be a poor man
It is not your mistake,
To be a rich man
It is not your mistake,
Neither poverty ismistake
Nor richness is a mistake, but
It is the ugly gap between
Poverty and richness that
Turns different slices of people into
Bad situations that
Are not praised at all,
No one wants to be
A poor man or
A poor woman, but
Assuredly there are a lot of poor people
On one side and
Assuredly there are rich people
On the other side,
Joys and pleasures are not
The poor people's advantages while
Those joys and pleasures are
The rich people's demands even
If they don't show them anytime,
Poverty bothers those poor people
Anywhere and everywhere while
Richness displays itself as an
Arrogant thing even
If it is not displayed by
The rich people anytime,
To be poor
It is not a good choice,
To be rich
It is not always reachable
To some people, but
For a few people
It is an advantage,
Poverty prevails
Anywhere and everywhere,
Richness is somewhere
Where it may arise.