أنا في حجرة تجل عن الوصف
ويعمى البصير فيها نهارا
I am in a chamber that defies description,
And the sighted go blind in it by day.
هي في الصبح كالظلام وفي
الليل يولي الأنام عنها فرارا
In the morning it is like darkness, and at
Night, people turn away from it in flight.
أنا منها كأنني جرف بئر
أتقى عقربا واحذر فارا
Because of it, I feel as though on the brink of a well,
I guard against a scorpion and watch out for a mouse.
وإذا ما الرياح هبت رخاء
خلت حيطانها تميدا انهيارا
And when the winds blow gently,
I imagine its walls swaying toward collapse.
رب عجل خرابها وارحني
من حذاري فقد مللت الحذارا
Lord, hasten its ruin and relieve me
Of my fear, for I have grown weary of being afraid.
Sol 6.1