وَإِنّي حَنى ظَهري خُطوبٌ تَتابَعَت

وَإِنّي حَنى ظَهري خُطوبٌ تَتابَعَت

فَمَشيِيَ ضَعيفٌ في الرِجالِ دَبيبُ

فَمَشيِيَ ضَعيفٌ في الرِجالِ دَبيبُ

And indeed, successive misfortunes have bent my back;

And my back is bent by sorrows following each other,

so my gait among men is feeble, a slow crawl.

So my walk is feeble among able men.

إِذا قالَ صَحبي يا رَبيعُ أَلا تَرى

إِذا قالَ صَحبي يا رَبيعُ أَلا تَرى

أَرى الشَخصَ كَالشَخصَينِ وَهوَ قَريبُ

أَرى الشَخصَ كَالشَخصَينِ وَهوَ قَريبُ

When my companions say, “O Rabiʿ, do you not see?”

When my friends say: "O Rabee'! Do you not see?"

I see one person as two, though he is near.

I see one man as two though he be near.