1. I have wasted the water of my face from so long
Asking one whose face has no water
١. أفنيتُ ماء الوجه من طول ما
أسأل مَن لا ماء في وجهه
2. I complete for him the explanation of my condition which
Oh, would that I had died and not completed it
٢. أُنهي إليه شرحَ حالي الذي
يا ليتني متُّ ولم أُنهه
3. Yet his provisions did not grant me generosity
Nor was I more resigned than his stubbornness
٣. فلم يُنلني كرماً رَفْدُه
ولم أكد أسلم من جبهه
4. Death from a time whose ignoble ones
Have hands outstretched to their weapons
٤. الموت من دهرٍ جهابيذه
ممتدّة الأيدي إلى بُلْهه