ولقد سئمتُ مآربي

ولقد سئمتُ مآربي

فكأنَّ طيِّبَها خَبِيثْ

فكأنَّ طيِّبَها خَبِيثْ

And indeed I have grown weary of my desires,

I have wearied of my desires

So what is pleasant in them seems foul—

As though what seemed wholesome therein was unwholesome.

إلا الحديث فإنهُ

إلا الحديث فإنهُ

مثلُ اسمه أبداً حديثْ

مثلُ اسمه أبداً حديثْ

Except conversation, for it,

Except for talk, for verily it

Like its name, is ever new.

Is, like its name, ever fresh.