1. مُقَسَّماً طولَ دهري

    ما بَيْنَ شَطٍّ وَنَهْرِ

    Divided throughout my life

    Between a riverbank and a river,

  2. فالماءُ يقشُرُ رجلي

    والشمسُ تَبْشُر ظَهري

    For the water peels the skin from my foot,

    And the sun flays my back.