وأجبت لائمتي على ترك العزا

للنّاس عند تفاوت الآجال

I answered those who blamed me for abandoning consolation,

For people's lives vary in length,

وعن التعرّض للحقوق وليس لي

حظّ الغنيّ وبطش ذي الإقلال

And for not seeking rights when I have no

Fortune of the wealthy, nor tyranny of the impoverished.

كم قد مرضت فلم يعدني عائد

لمكان معرفتي وقلة مالي

How often have I fallen ill and no one came to visit me,

To the place of my knowledge and little money.

كم أستضام وحجّتي مدحوضة

والقول لي أقصى لرقة حالي

How often have I sought help while my argument was refuted,

And the say was mine, the utmost for my condition.

كم مرة يبغى عليّ فلا أرى

لي ناصرا بيد ولا بمقال

How often it was wanted of me yet I saw

No helper with a hand or words for me.

كم غصّة جرعتها من جاهل

عدم المعين لكثرة الجهّال

How many sorrows I have sipped from an ignorant one,

With no helper due to the abundance of fools.

كم شهوة سدّت عليّ وجوهها

بين الوني وتخلّف الإقبال

How many desires have had their faces veiled from me,

Between my weakness and lack of favor.

يا هذه كفي فليس لبائس

قدر يُصان ولا يعدّ بحال

Oh my hands, a miserable one has no

Fate to protect, nor is counted in any condition.

سقطت عن الزمنى الحقوق فكيف بي

وزمانتي قرنت بنقص المال

I have fallen from the rights of time, so how could I,

When my era was paired with lack of money.

فمتى مرضت فخادمي نفسي فإن

عجزت تولاها بنو اشكالي

So when I fall ill, my servant is myself, and if

I become incapacitated, the children of my concerns will take care of me.

ومتى أمت فجنازتي محفوفة

بالمدلقين لأنّهم امثالي

And when I die, my procession will be surrounded

By hypocrites, for they are my equals.

من لي يعزّى إن هلكت ولم يدع

صرف المنون عليّ من عمّالي

Who will console me if I perish, and the

Inevitability of death does not spare me from my workers?