1. يا خَليلَيَّ مَنْ عَذيري مِنَ الدُّنْ

    يا ومِنْ جورِها عَلَيَّ وصَبْري

    O my two friends, who will deliver me from the worl—

    —d, from its tyranny over me—and from my patience?

  2. عَجباً أَنَّني أُنافِسُ في عُمْ

    رانِ أَيّامِها وتَخْرِبُ عُمْري

    How strange that I vie in the build—

    —ing up of its days, while it lays waste to my life!