بَثَّ السَقامَ مِنَ الحُبشانِ في بَدَني

بَثَّ السَقامَ مِنَ الحُبشانِ في بَدَني

عَبدٌ تَمَلَّكَني عَبداً بِلا ثَمَنِ

عَبدٌ تَمَلَّكَني عَبداً بِلا ثَمَنِ

One of the Abyssinians spread sickness through my body—

a slave who made me his slave, without a price.

ما إِن يَمُرُّ بِنا إِلّا وَتَنظُرُهُ

ما إِن يَمُرُّ بِنا إِلّا وَتَنظُرُهُ

كَأَنَّهُ شامَةٌ في وَجنَةِ الزَمَنِ

كَأَنَّهُ شامَةٌ في وَجنَةِ الزَمَنِ

He never passes by us but you see him

as though he were a beauty mark on the cheek of time.