بنتُ المنية بي موكّله

بنتُ المنية بي موكّله

عقب النهار كمقتضٍ قَرضا

عقب النهار كمقتضٍ قَرضا

Death’s daughter has been set upon me,

Death's daughter was assigned to me

at close of day, like a creditor collecting a debt.

To come after daylight as if a loan

ألفَتْ وفاءً ليس تسأمه

ألفَتْ وفاءً ليس تسأمه

فترى مواصلتي به فرضا

فترى مواصلتي به فرضا

She has grown used to a fidelity she never tires of,

She grew accustomed, never tiring

and deems her constant visiting of me a duty.

Of seeing me continue as if an imposition

عَرقَتْ بنافضها وشدّتها

عَرقَتْ بنافضها وشدّتها

لحمي ورَضَّتْ اعظمي رضَّا

لحمي ورَضَّتْ اعظمي رضَّا

With her shivering chill and violence she has stripped

She ground my flesh with her shaking and tightening

my flesh away and crushed my bones to pieces.

And crushed my bones to great pulverization

ولو أنّها ترمي بشِكَّتها

ولو أنّها ترمي بشِكَّتها

نِيْقاً أشمَّ لذاب وارفضَّا

نِيْقاً أشمَّ لذاب وارفضَّا

Were she to hurl her full force against

And if she casts her spear

a towering mountain peak, it would melt and fall apart.

Toward my throat, I would smell its melting and reject it