1. أنكى الشماتةِ أن تجيءَ من الذي

    قد كنتَ تحسبه صديقا ينفعُ

    The most hurtful gloating comes from one

    you had thought a friend who would help;

  2. و أخفُّها تلك التي لم يُخْفها

    عنك العدوُّ لأنها تُتَوَقَّعُ

    and the mildest is that which was not concealed

    from you by the enemy, for it is expected.

  3. ...

    على سريري

    ...

    On my bed

  4. تتمدد الظلال و الكوابيس،

    أراني

    the shadows and nightmares stretch out,

    I see myself

  5. من سراب الوقت أقطف خساراتي

    و أحتسي كؤوس المهزلةْ.

    plucking my losses from the mirage of time

    and sipping cups of farce.

  6. أبحِرُ في الشجونِ

    لا زادَ معي

    I sail through sorrows;

    I have no provisions with me,

  7. و مجدافي

    رمتْ به لفكَّيِ الضياعِ البوصلةْ.

    and my oar—

    the compass has flung it into the jaws of loss.

  8. ...

    و صرتُ إذا الهموم أتت لداري

    ...

    And now, whenever worries come to my home,

  9. أُسَرُّ بها و أولِيها اهتمامي

    لقد ألِفَتْ شويعِرَها و حتى

    I delight in them and give them my attention.

    They have indeed grown used to their little poet, and even

  10. له دأبتْ تعينُ على المنامِ​

    have kept helping him sleep.