1. My life is like an aimless pre-Islamic ode
Whose nights the ages have tightly braided
١. كَأَنَّ حَياتي غُنوَةٌ جاهِلِيَّةٌ
شَدَتها اللَيالي لِلقُرونِ بِلا مَعنى
2. As if I were in it, the bard of its song
Who made for it memories with which ears are serenaded
٢. كَأَنّي أَنا فيها شَجِيُّ غِنائِها
أَقامَ لَها ذِكرى تُغني بِها الأُذنا