أصبَحتُ والنائباتُ بعد على

أصبَحتُ والنائباتُ بعد على

حالَتِها في الطريقِ مُتَّصلَه

حالَتِها في الطريقِ مُتَّصلَه

I have become—after high estate, with calamities

I have become—while misfortunes still remain

unbroken in their course along my road—

as they were, unceasing along the road—

أعرى مِن الأنفِ لا لثامَ لَه

أعرى مِن الأنفِ لا لثامَ لَه

وكنتُ قِدماً أكسى من البَصَلَه

وكنتُ قِدماً أكسى من البَصَلَه

barer than a nose with no veil upon it,

barer than a nose with no veil,

though once I was better clothed than an onion.

and once I was more clothed than an onion.