ما أَجَلي في أَجَلى حاضِرٌ

مِن بَعدِ ما جَرَّبتُ أَهلَ الجَريب

How unworthy am I in my unworthiest present

After I have experienced the deceitful people

كَأَنَّ حَوّاءَ الَّتي زَوجُها

آدَمُ لَم تَلقَح بِشَخصٍ أَريب

As if Eve whom Adam married

Was not inseminated by a shady person

قَد كثُرَت في الأَرضِ جُهّالُنا

وَالعاقِلُ الحازِمُ فينا غَريب

Ignorance has become widespread in the world

While the wise and prudent among us are strangers

وَإِن يَكُن في مَوتِنا راحَةٌ

فَالفَرَجُ الوارِدُ مِنّا قَريب

And if there is solace in our death

Relief arising from us is near

هَل مِن عَريبٍ أَو ذَوي جُرهُمٍ

أَو إِرَم أَو آلِ طَسمٍ عَريب

Is there an Arab or a noble tribe

Or an Aramite or an Arab from Tasm