1. He dissolved and bent, ascetic,
Illness had parched him, withered him.
١. انحل فانثنى ناسكاً
قد شفّه السُقمُ وقد أدبلهْ
2. I lift him awhile upon my finger
His head waving below.
٢. أرفعُه طوراً على أُصبعي
ورأسُه مُضطربٌ أسفلهْ
3. Like a slaughtered sparrow flung upon
A stick, to be flung on the dungheap.
٣. كالحنش المقتول يُلقى على
عودٍ لكي يُلقي على مِزْبلَهْ