أصبحت لا يملك بعضي بعضا

أشكو العروق الآبضات أبضا

I've become unable to possess myself

I complain of veins bursting with pain

كما تشكى الأرحبي الغرضا

كانما كان شبابي قرضا

As an Arab poet complains of his purpose

As if my youth was a loan