1. Ponder what has befallen you, you will find a people
For the causes of misfortunes, themselves acquiring,
١. تَدَبَّر ما أَصابَ تَجِدكَ قَومٌ
لِأَسبابِ المَصائِبِ ذا اِكتِسابِ
2. And your undertaking remembrance, you will find an undertaking
With which you were in the prime of youth,
٢. وَعَهدُكَ بِالتَذَكُّرِ تَلقَ عَهدا
بِهِ قَد كُنتَ في طَورِ الخَطابِ
3. So the days of calamities are not forgotten
With the fleeing of modesty the bloom of youth is torn
٣. فَأَيّامَ التَصابي لَيسَ يَنسى
بِهارِبِ الحِجى شَرخَ الشَبابِ