1. وما زلت أرجو الحظ واليسر والغنى

    زمانا فأفنيت الشبيبة والعمرا

    And I have kept hoping for good fortune, ease, and wealth,

    So long that I have spent my youth and my life.

  2. تريني الأماني بارقات بلا حيا

    وأقطعُ أيّامي وأنتظر الدهرا

    Hopes show me lightning flashes without rain,

    And I pass my days and wait on time.

  3. أسوّف نفسي اليوم واليوم بعده

    تعاليل مضنى لا يموت ولا يبرا

    I put myself off today and the day after,

    With the consolations of an ailing man who neither dies nor recovers.

  4. فكنت كحبلى بين قبرين لم تزل

    تبكيهما حتى استجدّت لها قبرا

    So I was like a pregnant woman between two graves, who never ceased

    Weeping over them until she gained a new grave for herself.