1. ومن نكد الأيّامِ أنِّي كما تَرَى

    أُكابِدُ عيشاً مثلَ دهرِىَ أنكدَا

    And among the miseries of the days is that, as you see, I

    struggle through a life as wretched as my times.

  2. أمِنتُ عِدَانى ثمَّ خِفتُ أحِبَّتى

    لقد صدقوا إنّ الثَّقات همُ العِدَا

    I felt safe from my enemies, then feared my loved ones.

    Indeed, they spoke truly: those trusted are the foes.