1. لقد قلت انتهى الديوان طبعاً

    ولم  تزل  القوافي هاجمات

    I had indeed said, 'The collection's printing is complete,'

    Yet the rhymes kept charging in.

  2. فقلت  لها  أتيتِ  بغير وقت

    فمالك  قسمةُ  غير  الممات

    So I told them, 'You have come at the wrong time;

    So you have no share but death.'

  3. فعرقل   حظّها  آلات  طبعِ

    فكان  لها نصيب في الحياة

    Then their good fortune stalled the printing presses,

    And so they had a share in life.