أصبحت لا يملك بعضي بعضا

أصبحت لا يملك بعضي بعضا

أشكو العروق الآبضات أبضا

أشكو العروق الآبضات أبضا

Now no part of me can control another.

I've become unable to possess myself

I complain of my veins, throbbing with pain,

I complain of veins bursting with pain

كما تشكى الأرحبي الغرضا

كما تشكى الأرحبي الغرضا

كانما كان شبابي قرضا

كانما كان شبابي قرضا

as the Arhabi camel complains of its saddle-girth—

As an Arab poet complains of his purpose

as though my youth had been a loan.

As if my youth was a loan