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Did you not see me bound to the evil of earth

ألم ترني ربطت بشر أرض

1. Did you not see me bound to the evil of earth
So how can I find escape from it?

١. أَلَم تَرَني رُبِطتُ بِشَرِّ أَرضٍ
فَهَل أَنا واجِدٌ مِنها اِنفِلاتا

2. When people ask someone in the morning
How was your night and how did you sleep?

٢. إِذا ما المَرءُ أَصبَحَ سائِلوهُ
وَقالوا كَيفَ بِتَّ وَكَيفَ باتا

3. Passersby ignore him while he is miserable
And come to him when the thief is gone.

٣. يُخَلّيهِ المُجاوِزُ وَهوَ دانٍ
وَيَأتيهِ إِذا ما اللِصُّ فاتا

4. Its nights rain mosquitoes on us
Dissolving sleep and slumber from us.

٤. وَتُمطِرُنا لَياليها بَعوضاً
يَذُبُّ النَومَ عَنّا وَالسُباتا

5. Wolves confront us when we go out
So the heart jumps, startled and wary.

٥. وَتَلقانا الذِئابُ إِذا غَدَونا
فَتَفري الجَونَ وَثباً وَاِلتِفاتا

6. And we walk in the streets of empty ruins
Wherein God has scattered separation.

٦. وَتَسلُكُ في شَوارِعَ خالِياتٍ
أَحَلَّ اللَهُ فيهِنَّ الشَتاتا

7. And walls like chessboards in rows
You do not stop checkmating the king.

٧. وَحيطانٍ كَشِطرَنجٍ صُفوفٍ
فَما تَنَفَكُّ تَضرِبُ شاهَ ماتا