أَما تَرَيني ناحِلَ الجِسمِ

أَصيرُ مِن هَمٍّ إِلى هَمِّ

Don't you see how my body wastes away

As I move from one sorrow to the next

أُنقَلُ مِن ثوبٍ إِلى دونِهِ

حَتَّى كَأَني بَدَنُ الكُمِّ

I shed my clothes, one after another

Until it seems I'm nothing but skin and bones