1. Fate has passed me by, going away,
So I have become eternal until eternity has bored me.

2. My eyelids are not a barrier when rain pours down
From clouds of misfortune.

3. We complain to God that we are of evil disposition
We are slaves, and servitude is in our noses.

4. A person wrongs himself and dwells in error,
Thinking it is honey while it is injustice and gloom.

5.
Bodies remain confined until

6. Their livers are relieved of grief.
I drank the coffee of worries, its cup is my eternity,

7. And in farewells from what has surfaced is foam.
So make your swords my pillage, though no camels weep,

8. A dwelling for Labid, not his camel litter.

9. Kingship perishes and nothing remains for its owner.
The courts of the son of Aad perished, and his lofty nest.