1. The chickpeas are gone, and the promise which
Every path to fulfillment has been blocked
١. ذَهب الحمّصُ وَالوَعدُ الَّذي
سَدَّ عَن إِنجازِهِ كُلَّ طَريق
2. The waiting has been so long that I
Have embodied the poetry of Ibn Hariq
٢. طالَ فيهِ المطلُ حَتّى إِنَّني
قَد تَمَثَّلتُ بِشعرِ اِبنِ حَريق