وبيت دُعيتُ له ثم لم

أجد لي عنِ الكونِ فيه فَكاكا

And a house I was invited to then did not

Find for myself from the universe in it escape

فزاد بنا فيه فَرْطُ الزحا

مِ والحرِّ حتى اشتهينا الهلاكا

So increased in it our excess of discomfort

And heat until we desired destruction

أَمِنّا بَراغيثُه أنْ تَضُ

رَّ ولو حاولتْ ما أطاقَتْ حَراكا

As if its fleas believed they could

Harm, though if they tried they could not budge

فلو دخلتْ بيننا ذَرَّةٌ

تَشقَّق حائطُه عند ذاكا

So if between us entered a mote

Its wall would split at that time