1. I am at ease with my hopes
Where are my aspirations to reach the heights?

2. I have a weakness that has comforted my heart from worries
And from my long contemplation of the impossible

3. My life is good, praise be to God, for
I was praising Him in every state

4. Neither silken clothes that I aspire for
Nor riding mules are aspired for

5. The comfort of the soul is in refraining
From every status that has become unattainable

6. Indeed, human dignity is in leaving dignity behind
Humiliation in the beginnings of states

7. My thoughts were confused and my chest tight for a matter
Fate had made me despair of with my mind

8. And I wavered between two matters wherein
Whenever I inclined to the beautiful side

9. If I hesitated, it was said I procrastinated, and if I
Persisted, I was called one of the burdens

10. O my helper against the times, help me
For my endurance has certainly waned from its capacity

11. Every day I strive but to no avail
My two companions have made me vacant and busy

12. My work is constant and I have a way of life
That is recounted like the life story of the idle