وَاللَهِ ما نَظرت عَينايَ مِن أَحَدٍ

يَرعى وِداديَ في سرّ وَفي عَلَن

By God, my eyes have never seen anyone

Who tended my love, in secret or openly.

لَم أَدر هَل مُختص بِحَظي أَم

سَجية هَذِهِ في الخَلق وَالزَمَن

I know not if this be my destined lot,

Or if it is just how people are nowadays.

يا لَيتَني ما عَرَفت الدَهر صَحبتهم

وَلا رَماني زَماني الوَغد بِالمِحَن

Would that I’d never known this world and its people,

Or lived in days that tried me with such tribulations.