يَوَدُّ أُنَاسٌ خَُيَِّبُوا هُمُ خَيْبَتِي

وَأَنِّيَ دَهْرِي كَاسِفُ الْبَالِ مُجْدِبُ

Some people wish my ruin, yet my ruin eludes them,

People who have been disappointed desire my disappointment,

While I remain downcast in fate and barren in mind.

And that I remain forever gloomy in mind and barren.

وَيَهْوَى أُنَاسٌ سَُلَِّمُوا هُمْ سَلاَمَتِي

وَأَنِّيَ دَهْرِي نَاعِمُ الْبَالِ مُخْصِبُ

Some people desire my well-being, yet their well-wishing grants me no safety,

While people who have been kept safe desire my safety,

While I remain at ease in fate and fertile in spirit.

And that I remain forever tranquil in mind and fruitful.