1. مرض الطرف زاد لي أمراضي

    ورنا ساخطاً بسيمة راضي

    The languor of his gaze increased my ailments.

    And he gazed angrily, with the air of one content.

  2. وأعنائي من جؤيذر شيخ

    مكثر العتب مكثر الأعراض

    And my torment comes from an aged little wild-ox calf,

    Much given to reproach, much given to turning away.

  3. كلما زدته خضوعاً تعالى

    ورماني بعضب طرف ماضي

    Whenever I showed him greater submission, he grew haughtier,

    And struck me with the keen sword of a piercing gaze.

  4. ليس لي غير ذلتي وانقيادي

    لمعالي جنابه وانخفاضي

    I have nothing but my abasement and submission

    To his exalted presence, and my humbling of myself.

  5. وله أن يجول بالعجب

    ودلالاً كذا ظباء الرياض

    And he may strut in self-admiration

    And coquetry—such are the gazelles of the meadows.