الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ أَلَم يَنهَني

تَجرِبَةُ الناسِ عَنِ الناسِ

Praise be to God! Did it not deter me,

My experience of people from relying on people?

فَأَمنَعَ النَفسَ هَواها فَقَد

أَذَلَّني لِلناسِ إِفلاسي

So I restrain my soul from its desires, for indeed

My bankruptcy has humiliated me before men.

سَكَتُّ لِلدَهرِ وَأَحداثِهِ

حَتّى خَرا الدَهرُ عَلى راسي

I held my silence regarding Time and its events,

Until Time defecated upon my head.