رأيتُكَ تَكويني بيمسَمِ ذِلَّةٍ

رأيتُكَ تَكويني بيمسَمِ ذِلَّةٍ

كأنَّكَ قد أصبَحْتَ عِلَّةَ تَكويني

كأنَّكَ قد أصبَحْتَ عِلَّةَ تَكويني

I saw you branding me with a branding iron of humiliation,

I saw you shaping my being with a touch of gentleness

As though you had become the cause of my creation.

As if you had become the cause of my shaping

وتَلْوينيَ فلا تَمنُنْ عَلَيَّ فبُلْغَةٌ

وتَلْوينيَ فلا تَمنُنْ عَلَيَّ فبُلْغَةٌ

مِنَ العَيشِ تَكفيني إلى يَومِ تَكفيني

مِنَ العَيشِ تَكفيني إلى يَومِ تَكفيني

And you put me off; so do not lord your favors over me, for a little

And my coloring so do not oblige me as eloquence

Sustenance suffices me until the day I am shrouded.

Of life suffices me until the day of my enshrouding