إِلى اللهِ أَشكوُ عيشَةً قَد تنكَّدتْ

عَلَيَّ ودهراً قد ألَحَّت نوائِبُهْ

I complain to God of a life that has become miserable

And a time whose calamities have insisted upon me

تكَدّرَ من بَعْدِ الصّفاءِ نميرُهُ

وأَحزَنَ من بَعْد السُّهولةِ جانِبُهْ

Its prosperity has been disturbed after serenity

And its good fortune has become sorrowful after ease

وقَصَّرَ كَفّي عن نَوالٍ تُنيلهُ

وزَاولَها عن نيلِ ما أَنا طالِبُهْ

My hands have been shortened from gaining what they used to gain

And they have been prevented from attaining what I seek