قد كنت أعرف من صبري ومن جلدي

ما صرت أنكره مع نقص أحوالي

I used to know from my patience and endurance

What I now deny with my diminished state

كرت عليّ صروف الدهر كالحلة

حتى عدمت بها حالي وإقبالي

The turns of fate turned against me like a robe

Until through them my state and fortune were undone