1. حَظّي مِنَ الخَيرِ مَنحوسٌ وَأَعجَبُ ما

    إِنّي أَراهُ عَلى الحِرمانِ مَحسودُ

    My share of good is ill-starred, and strangest of all:

    I see it envied even in deprivation.

  2. أَغدو وَأُمسي وَآمالي قَطَعتُ بِها

    عُمري تَخيبُ وَأَعمالي المَواعيدُ

    I go forth at morning and reach evening; my hopes, with which I have spent

    my life, fail, and my deeds are promises.

  3. وَأكرَمُ الناسِ مَن تَأتي مَواهِبُهُ

    مِن غَيرِ وَعدٍ وَفيهِ الخَيرُ موجودُ

    And the most generous of people is he whose gifts come

    without a promise, and in whom goodness is found.