1. Though I have suffered every tribulation
That fate has brought upon me through the years,
١. على أني بُليتُ بكلّ بلوى
من الأيّام ما عطفت عليّا
2. The bitterest and most painful trial of all
Was caused by a miserable youth who came
٢. وأعظمُ ما بُليتُ به وأدهى
غلامٌ جاء من ظهري شقيّا
3. From my own loins, and turned against me.
Each seeks the other's death. So enmity
٣. أريدُ حياتهُ ويُريدُ قتلي
كلانا بالخلاف غدا سويّا
4. Has made us equal. Every guileful trick
He used to work his will. He turned from me,
٤. تدرّع للغواية كلّ مكر
وجافاني ولم يكُ بي حفيّا