1. رشفَ البؤسُ مهجتي وشبابي

    ورماني بلوعةٍ واغترابِ

    Misery sipped my lifeblood and my youth,

    And cast me into anguish and estrangement.

  2. وأمانيّ صرنَ رمسَ بقايا

    وزهورُ الحياة محضُ سرابِ

    And my hopes became a grave of remnants,

    And life's flowers are nothing but a mirage.

  3. والرّغابُ الندية التتوالى

    جفّ فيها النّدى , فأين رغابي ؟!

    And the dewy longings that follow one another—

    The dew within them has dried up; where, then, are my longings?

  4. أين بوحي وأين وهجُ شعاعي ؟!

    تاه بوحي , وعدتُ وهمَ شهابِ !

    Where is my outpouring, and where is the glow of my ray?

    My outpouring went astray, and I became the illusion of a shooting star!

  5. أين نبضُ الحياة في خطواتي ؟!

    كلّ خطوٍ مضى بثوب يبابِ !

    Where is life's pulse in my steps?

    Every step went by in a robe of desolation!

  6. أين أمني وضحكتي وبهائي ؟!

    طرنَ عني .. رحلنَ كالأسرابِ !

    Where are my safety, my laughter, and my splendor?

    They flew away from me... departed like flocks!

  7. ومنايا وسلوتي وخيالي

    وسعادي : بناتُ كلّ عذابِ !

    And my wishes, my solace, and my imagination,

    And my happiness: daughters of every torment!

  8. أين توقي وزفزفات فؤادي

    أين شمس الوجود ملء رحابي

    Where are my yearning and my heart's flutterings?

    Where is the sun of existence, filling my expanses?

  9. أين أين الفرار من خلجاتي

    وضلوعي كتيبة الإكتئاب !

    Where, where is escape from my inner stirrings,

    While my ribs are a battalion of depression!

  10. هدمَ السؤلَ كلُّ بؤس طاغٍ

    فإذا بالجواب كومُ ترابِ !

    Every overwhelming misery demolished the plea,

    And behold, the answer is a heap of dust!

  11. سوف أمضي لكنّ كلّ بكائي

    شاهدٌ يتلو وحدتي واغترابي !

    I shall go, but all my weeping

    Is a witness reciting my solitude and my estrangement!

  12. سوف أمضي ونقمتي سوف تبقى

    وصمةَ الغدر في خطا الأغرابِ

    I shall go, and my resentment shall remain,

    The stain of treachery in the footsteps of strangers.

  13. ووشومُ البلاء تملأ صدري

    ويكأني ربيبة الالتهابِ !

    And the tattoos of affliction fill my chest,

    Alas, it is as though I were the foster-daughter of burning!