1. One night when I thought myself
In darkness, as though I were in Remus

2. Longer than the history of the king of Persia
As though it were some of the nights of imprisonment

3. I was met before the reddening of the evening
By one with hands on my back, increasing my misfortune

4. As though his traces were in feeling
And the stings of scandals were different in celebration

5. On a night when the joy of sunrise melted away
So all this is what my foolishness reaped for me

6. From eating what was offered without reservation
Of stewed chicken and stuffed zucchini

7. And seasoned okra and lettuce
And truffles of every kind

8. I stuffed into chickpeas all my coveting
Still, in craving is the annihilation of the soul

9. And I did not say in my time of satiation, "Enough!"
This is ignorance and the essence of stupidity

10. And I could not find anyone among mankind to complain to
Other than my father Bishr the doctor, the priest

11. Most skilled of God's creations in examination
And in qualities of precise discernment

12. Who speaks from experience and study
And recorded wisdom in composition