1. أَنا في حالٍ تَعالى ال

    له رَبّي أَيَّ حالِ

    I am in a state—exalted be

    God, my Lord! What a state!

  2. وَلَقَد أَهزَلتُ حَتّى

    مَحَتِ الشَمسُ خَيالي

    And I have grown so emaciated that

    the sun has erased my shadow.

  3. مَن رَأى شَيئاً محالاً

    فَأَنا عَينُ المحالِ

    If anyone has seen an impossible thing,

    then I am the very embodiment of the impossible.

  4. لَيسَ لي شَيءٌ إِذا قي

    ل لِمَن ذا قُلتُ ذا لي

    I own nothing of which, if someone

    asks, 'Whose is this?' I can say, 'This is mine.'

  5. وَلَقَد أَفلَستُ حَتّى

    حَلَّ أَكلي لِعِيالي

    And I have become so destitute that

    eating me has become lawful for my family.

  6. في حَر أَم الناسِ طراً

    مِن نِساءٍ وَرِجالِ

    Into their mother's cunt with all people—

    women and men alike!

  7. لَو أَرى في الناسِ حُرّاً

    لَم تَكُن في ذا المِثالِ

    If I saw a generous man among the people,

    my state would not be like this.