1. وقد أفْرَدتْنِي الحادِثاتُ فَليس لي

    أنيسٌ ولا في طَارِقِ الخطبِ أعوانُ

    And misfortunes have left me alone, so I have no

    companion, nor helpers when calamity comes calling.

  2. كأنّيَ من غيرِ التّرابِ نَبتْ بيَ ال

    بِلادُ فما لي في البَسيطةِ أوطانُ

    As though I were made of something other than dust, I was shunned by the

    lands; so I have no homeland on earth.

  3. أجولُ كما جالت قَذاةٌ بمُقلَةٍ

    وأسْرِي وسَارِي النجمِ في الأفْقِ حَيرانُ

    I wander as a mote wanders in an eye,

    And I journey by night, while the night-roving star is bewildered on the horizon.