1. I wrote from a monastery
That provides barely enough to live
١. كتبتُ من صومعةٍ
تسمحُ بالقوت العَسِرْ
2. And time in its harshness
Dresses me in a tiger's skin
٢. والدهرُ من جفائِهِ
يلبس لي جلدَ النَّمِرْ
3. So the water of my life is murky
And the star of my state gloomy
٣. فماءُ عيشي كَدِرٌ
ونجمُ حالي مُنْكدِرْ