1. Come let us lament with the verdure
Of times that were hard and are past;
١. تعالَ نَنْدُبْ مع وُرْقِ الغَضا
على عهودٍ كَرَبَتْ أنْ تَبيدْ
2. Draw in thy long skirts and walk kindly,
Good folk have need of it fast.
٢. وقلِّصِ الذيلَ وشمِّرهُ عَن
خَلْفٍ من الخلقِ حَكاهم لَبيدْ