مَن لِيَ أَن أُقيمَ في بَلَدٍ

أُذكَرُ فيهِ بِغَيرِ ما يَجِبُ

Who will allow me to live in a country

Where I am known for other than what I must be

يُظَنُّ بِيَ اليُسرُ وَالدِيانَةُ وَالعِل

مُ وَبَيني وَبَينَها حُجُبُ

Where ease, faith and knowledge are assumed of me

While veils lie between it and me

كُلُّ شُهوري عَلَيَّ واحِدَةٌ

لا صَفَرٌ يُتَّقى وَلا رَجَبُ

Every month weighs the same on me

No Safar to beware nor Rajab to await

أَقرَرتُ بِالجَهلِ وَاِدَّعى فَهَمي

قَومٌ فَأَمري وَأَمرُهُم عَجَبُ

I admitted ignorance though they credited understanding to me

A people whose affair and mine are absurd

وَالحَقُّ أَنّي وَأَنَّهُم هَدرٌ

لَستُ نَجيباً وَلا هُمُ نُجُبُ

Indeed, both they and I are nonsense

I am no noble nor are they nobles

وَالحالُ ضاقَت عَن ضَمِّها جَسَدي

فَكَيفَ لي أَن يَضُمَّهُ الشَجَبُ

My condition has narrowed to contain my body

So how can the thicket contain it?

ما أَوسَعَ المَوتَ يَستَريحُ بِهِ الجِس

مُ المُعَنّى وَيَخفُتُ اللَجَبُ

How vast is death, to find rest in it does the body

Meaning takes hold and ardour dims