1. Whoever compares life to a chalice it pleases
To sip its froth and leave the dregs behind
١. فَمَن شَبَّهَ العُمرَ كَأساً يَقِرُّ
قَذاهُ وَيَرسُبُ في أَسفَلِه
2. Yet I have seen the dregs continually
Dance on the surface from the start, in kind
٢. فَإِنّي رَأَيتُ القَذا طائِفاً
عَلى صَفحَةِ الكَأسِ في أَوَّلِه