وَلَيسَ بِدَهري فِتنَةٌ غَيرَ أَنَّني

وَلَيسَ بِدَهري فِتنَةٌ غَيرَ أَنَّني

أَكَلتُ وَمُلِّكتُ العُتِلَّ المُزَنَّما

أَكَلتُ وَمُلِّكتُ العُتِلَّ المُزَنَّما

No ordeal has befallen my lifetime, save that I

And there is no affliction in my lifetime except that I

My days bring no misfortune but this alone -

have eaten and been made master of the coarse, branded wretch.

ate and was made master of the brutish, base-born man.

I've eaten my fill and owned a patched cloak.