فَما أَنا إِلّا مِنكُمُ ما تَعَلَّقَت
حَياتي إِلى اليَومِ الَّذي أَنا صائِرُه
So I am but one of you, as long as it holds on—
My life—until the day that I am bound to reach.
وَما لِيَ شَيءٌ كانَ يوفي بِنِعمَةٍ
عَلَيَّ لَكُم مِن فَضلِ ما أَنا شاكِرُه
And I have nothing that could fully repay a favor
You have bestowed on me, from the bounty for which I am grateful.
وَلَو أَنَّ نَفساً لي تَمَنَّت سِوى الَّذي
لَقيتُ لَكانَ الدَهرُ بي ذَلَّ عاثِرُه
And had a soul of mine wished for anything other than what
I have received, Time’s stumbling one would have been brought low through me.
Sol 6.1