لواه القضاء بفرط السلام

فهذا القضاء كفوت الأدا

Destiny denied me peace in abundance,

And so I missed the chance to prove myself.

فلله يوم كأن المساء

فيه السماء لبعد المدى

Oh Lord, a day will come that seems

Like evening, with the horizon far away.

ظللت من الحر في منزل

كأني به في صدور العدى

I took shelter from the heat in a house

That felt like the chests of my enemies.

وقد نقع البأس أعطافه

وكاد يموت بداء الصدا

Violence softened its claws around me

And nearly died from the disease of echo.

رجونا الندا فأردنا اللقاء

فأخرنا عنه خوف الندى

We hoped for rain but met with lightning,

Fear of its wetness kept us away.