1. لَقَد عَلِمتُ وَمالي ما أَعيشُ بِهِ

    أَنَّ الَّتي أَدرَكَتني حِرفَةُ الأَدَبِ

    I have indeed learned, with nothing to live on,

    that what has overtaken me is the ill fortune of letters.