1. سأم القلب زماناً

    منه افناه الضنا

    The heart grew weary of an age

    whose wasting affliction consumed it.

  2. اوهن الصد وطيشا

    للاداني احسنا

    Estrangement weakened it, and foolishly

    we showed kindness to the lowly.

  3. همه المزعج ما زا

    ل مريعا صفونا

    Its troubling sorrow never ceased

    to disturb our serenity.

  4. وعجبت قد الفنا

    ه بعزم ما انثنى

    And I marveled: we had grown accustomed

    to it, with resolve that never bent.

  5. وصبرنا صبر احرا

    ر ولم يصبر لنا

    And we endured with the patience of free men,

    yet it had no patience with us.

  6. سره عزما كتمنا

    فافشى سرنا

    With resolve we kept its secret,

    then it revealed our secret.

  7. قد رضينا نحن باله

    م ولم يرض بنا

    We ourselves were indeed content with sorrow,

    yet it was not content with us.