1. قيل لي لم صرت منفردا

    مولعا بالهمّ والحزن

    I was asked, “Why have you become solitary,

    consumed by worry and sorrow?”

  2. قلت همّي أنني رجل

    مولع بالفكر والفطن

    I said, “My trouble is that I am a man

    absorbed in thought and discernment.

  3. لم أجد في الناس لي سكنا

    منصفا في السر والعلن

    I found no comforting companion among people

    who is fair in private and in public.

  4. فانفرادي أنني رجل

    قلة الإنصاف أفردني

    So I am solitary because I am a man

    whom lack of fairness has left alone.”