1. I was raised bearing the woes of fortune's blows,
And trained myself to bear stark poverty's load.
١. نشَأْتُ بما عانَيْتُ من نُوبِ الدَّه
رِ وَعَّودْتُ نَفسي حَمْلَ فاقِرَةَ الفَقْرِ
2. When my hard life seemed evil in people's eyes,
I met it with patience, peaceful and resigned.
٢. إذا ما بدَتْ للنَاس سوءُ معيشَتي
خَصَفْتُ عَلَيها قانِعاً وَرَقَ الصَّبرِ