1. I used to hate living in a stone house,
And living in a land with walls.

2. How I wish to drown in the highest sea, and dwell there,
With all its water and timber!

3. I refused to gaze at the night star while sitting,
Until the morn, with sparrows at my door.

4. Had I no fear of my Lord punishing me,
I would have cursed Ibn Hayyan, that old man!