ما المبتلى بهم وإن

حسّدته ورغمت أنفا

No matter their envy and spite

Should they bear it with grudge or fight

إلا كنضو دبّت ال

أنباء في متنيه صفا

Like a bottle gourd bitten inside

By larvae eating it stride by stride

فتورّمت أشلاؤه

وتخاله سمنا وسحفا

Its parts start swelling wide

Feigning to be fat and chubby

أو كالقراظ المستشي

ط وإن أراك سنا ورفا

Or like an old water skin

Though seeming juicy from within

وكما يقاسى الجمر عو

داً كرة ينشيك عرفا

As embers get heated time and again

So it burns you with its pain