1. God bless the days of childhood, they are
Despite their ignorance, the sweetest and most blissful

2. I think the nights are my inheritance and that
I lend the flowers the stars' brightness

3. And I reckon the belly of the earth, the seas and darkness
Are abodes for scary jinn hiding

4. I expose what the eye has sinned
And confess to it my feelings

5. If I hurt myself I would scream but not feel
And heal myself in sorrow with my crying

6. I did not know the taste of worries
Nothing was missing from my hopes

7. I did not dress my soul in the clothes of my fears
And disturb it where dreams originate

8. My smile laughs at every smile seeking affection
And shows affection to those who see me complaining

9. People give me joy as if
God has purified my heart for all hearts

10. And I have an inclination for every joke as if
People are competing to fulfill my wishes

11. Oh God, make me patient with what you have deprived me
And replace it with patience equal to my affliction

12. For days have betrayed me changing
And hands of misfortune have destroyed my building

13. And plunge me from one deep anguish
To another that care nothing for my suffering

14. And soon a flame I lit will die out
If it dies out it will not light up again

15. And my worries weighed me down and made me sit
I do not lift my eyes once to my sky

16. I am worn out like necklaces are worn out, and do you see
My heart pleading the tyranny of days