1. سيدي أنتَ هل أَتاكَ عن المَج

    دِ لذاك الحديثِ عني جوابُ

    My lord, have you received from al-Majd

    a reply to that talk about me?

  2. أو تناسَى أمري وحاشا معالي

    ه فَيَسري إليَّ منه عِتَابُ

    Or has he feigned forgetfulness of my plight? Far be it from His Excellency—

    lest a reproach from him reach me.

  3. أدركوني فبي من البَرد هَمٌّ

    ليس يُنسى وفي حشايَ التِهَابُ

    Come to my aid: the cold has brought me distress

    that will not be forgotten, while a fire burns within me.

  4. أَلبَستني الأَطماعُ وَهماً فها ج

    سمي عار ولي فِرَا وثِيَابُ

    Hopes have clothed me in illusion; so here

    is my body, naked, though I have furs and clothes.

  5. كلما ازرقَّ لونُ جسمي من البَر

    دِ تَخَيَّلتُ أنَّهُ سِنجَابُ

    Whenever my body's color turns blue from the cold,

    I imagine it to be squirrel fur.