1. لم يبقَ من نفسي سوى نفَسٍ

    فانٍ ومن شمسي سوى فلَقِ

    Nothing remains of my soul but a breath,

    fading, and of my sun only dawn's light.

  2. جسدي الذي لعبَ السّقامُ بهِ

    حركاتُه حركاتُ مختنقِ

    My body, which illness has toyed with—

    its movements are those of someone choking.

  3. لم تتركِ الأسقامُ في بدني ال

    مسكينِ مُعترَقا لُمعترِقِ

    The illnesses have not left in my body—the

    wretched one—a morsel for anyone to gnaw.

  4. فلقد طلبتُ الصبرَ محتمِلا

    ما بي من البَلوى فلم أُطِقِ

    For indeed I sought patience, bearing

    the affliction within me, but I could not endure it.

  5. ياعائدي والنصحُ من خلُقي

    لا تدنُ من نفسي فتحترقِ

    O my visitor—and counsel is in my nature—

    do not come near me, lest you burn.