أصبحت بين الورى في الهم ذو أسف

مشتت البال بين السر والعلن

I have become among people one with sorrow

My mind scattered between secrets and the open

وحالني تعب والقلب في كدر

وصحتي سقم والهم يتبعني

And my state is fatigue and my heart troubled

And my health is ill and worries follow me

تلبانة بلدي والعلم أخدمه

وفي العروض مقالي شارح الحزن

Teaching is my profession and knowledge I serve

And in poetry my words explain sadness

ولي دروس بعلم الفقه ما درست

كحال كل فقيه كان في زمني

And I have lessons in jurisprudence I have not taught

Like the state of every jurist who was in my time