1. Time afflicted me with all its worries,
So I became indifferent to its rule.
١. بلاني الدهرُ بكلِّ همهِ
فصرت غير جازع لحكمه
2. The meaning of worry became to me like its name,
And a man's resolve is seen through his composure.
٢. وصاَر معنى الهمِّ عندي كاسمهِ
وهمةُ المرء تُرى في حزمهِ
3. If time touched my equilibrium it would be hurt,
But in my body fell its arrow.
٣. والدهرُ إن مسَّ سوايَ يدمهِ
لكنَ في جسمي وقعَ سهمهِ
4. Like a child's bite soothed by his mother's palm.
٤. كعضةِ الصبي كفَّ أُمهِ