1. You spied on me with death's suspicion, dragging me
Across your outstretched plain, from day to day.
١. تَربصتَ بي رَيْبَ المنونِ تجرُّني
على مَطْلك الممدودِ عصراً إلى عصرِ
2. You gave me a traveler's provisions, knowing
How little of my life your distances left me.
٢. وأعْطيتني زاد المسافر عالماً
بقلةِ ما أبقى مطالُك من عمري
3. Like a man who spent his life crossing your deserts
The little you left me of life was enough for me.
٣. ومثل امرئٍ أفنى مطالك عمرَهُ
كفاه لعمري مثل نائلك النزرِ