1. كُلُّ يَومٍ يُجَبُّ مِنّي سَنامُ

    وَتَداعى لِثَلمِيَ الأَيّامُ

    Every day, a summit is shorn from me,

    And the days have rallied to break me.

  2. واقِفاً كُلَّ مَوقِفٍ تَتَهاوى

    دونَهُ أَو تُزَلزَلُ الأَقدامُ

    I stand at every station where feet give way

    Before reaching it, or are shaken.