أيُّها الأعورُ لِمْ جشَّمْتَني

أن أشُقَّ الرمسَ عن والدتِكْ

O one-eyed man, why did you deface me?

Why did you force me to disturb my mother's grave?

بئسما بدَّلتَها في لحدِها

بالذي رجَّتْهُ من عائدتِكْ

How wretchedly you changed her in her coffin

To that which you hoped for from your returning.

إن تكن ثبَّجتَ شعري ظالماً

فرماكَ اللَّهُ في واحدتِك

If you found my poetry unjust,

Then may God cast you into solitude.

بظلامٍ تُسلم الكفَّ له

أبدَ الدهرِ إلى قائدتك

Into a darkness that hands themselves over to,

For eternity, to your leadership.

قد رمينا ما تبرّدْتَ به

بلظى ذوَّبٍ من جامدتك

We have cast what you have cooled down with,

With the intense melting heat of your rigidity.

بدرت بادرةٌ من شرري

ألهبتْ ناري في خامِدَتك

A spark burst forth from my embers,

And lit my dormant fire in your frigidity.

بعدما أتْرزَ أرواح الورى

برْدُ ما لاقوهُ من واردتك

After the souls of all people took shelter,

From the cold they met from your downpour.

فاستعاذوا لك من بادرتي

واستعاذوا بيَ من باردَتِك

So they sought refuge for you from my sparks,

And sought refuge in me from your iciness.