لم أدرِ كيفَ يكونُ الحُزنُ والجَزَع

حتى ابتليتُ بشيءٍ فوقَ ما أسعُ

I did not know how sorrow and grief could be

Until I was tried with something beyond what I can bear

لم أدرِ لم أدرِ أن الحتفَ في نظري

وأنَّ قلبيَ للعَينينِ متَّبِعُ

I did not know, I did not know that death in my eyes

And that my heart follows my eyes

لم أدرِ أنَّ منايا الناسِ كلِّهم

في لَحظِ مقلةِ شَمسِ الشمسِ تجتمعُ

I did not know that the death of all people

In the blink of an eye the sun's sun is gathered

وأنني لسِهامِ المَوتِ مُنتصِبٌ

من طرفِ من عن دماءِ الخَلقِ لا يرعُ

And that I am erected for the arrows of death

From the side of one who does not refrain from shedding the blood of creation