أطال بين البلاد تجوَالي

قصورُ مالي وطولُ آمالي

My wandering among the lands has been prolonged

by my meager means and the obscurity of my lot.

إن رُحتُ عن بلدةٍ غدوتُ إلى

أخرى فما تستقرُّ أحمالي

Whenever I leave one town, come morning I set out for

another; my baggage never comes to rest.

كأنني فكرةُ الموسوسِ لا

تبقي مدى لحظة على حال

As though I were a thought in a whisper-haunted mind, never

remaining for so much as a moment in one state.