أشكو إلى الله من أمورِ

تمر عيشي لما تمر

I complain to God of matters

That pass through my life as they pass

ودملٍ مع دوامِ ليلٍ

ما لهما ما حييت فجر

And from the constant night gloom and fatigue

That as long as I live, have no dawn