قد ضقت ذرعاً بالحياة ومن

يفقد أحبته يضق ذرعا

I'm exhausted with life and he who

loses his loved ones is exhausted

وغدوت في بلد تكنفني

فيه الشرور ولا أرى دفعا

And I've become in a country that surrounds me

with evils and I see no defense

من ذا يواسيني ويكلؤني

في هذه الدنيا ومن يرعى

Who will console me and shelter me

in this life and who will take care of me

كم من صديق لي يحاسنني

وكأن تحت ثيابه أفعى

How many friends of mine pretend to be friendly

yet under their clothes is a viper

يسعى فيخفي لين ملمسه

عني مسارب حية تسعى

Seeking to hide from me the softness of its touch

the creeping moves of a snake

كم حاولت هدمي معاولهم

وأبى الإله فزادني دفعا

How much I tried to destroy their buildings

but God refused so it brought me more defense

أصبحت فرداً لا يناصرني

غير البيان وأصبحوا جمعا

I've become an individual with no supporters

except eloquence while they are a group

ومناهم أن يحطموا بيدي

قلماً أثار عليهم النقعا

And their wish is to destroy by my hands

a pen that caused them sores

ولرب حر عابه نفر

لا يصلحون لنعله شسعا

And many free men blamed them

they are not fit for its strap