كيف أخفى من السقام وجسمي

ليس فيه من موضع لسقام

How can I hide my sickness when my body

Has no place left that is without disease?

ذبت حتى ما يستدل علي

أني حيٍّ الا ببعض الكلام

I have wasted away until none can tell

That I still live, except by some words.