وطيلسان إن تأملته

وطيلسان إن تأملته

لج من التمزيق في محك

لج من التمزيق في محك

And a mantle—if you examine it—

A cloak, if you examine it closely

stubbornly keeps up a quarrel through its tearing;

You'll find it torn in places

كأنه من طول رفوي به

كأنه من طول رفوي به

يملكني مذ صار في ملكي

يملكني مذ صار في ملكي

as though, from all the time I spend darning it,

As if it's become tattered from much use

it has owned me since it came into my possession.

Since it came into my possession