1. My past and tomorrow are in decline, and indeed my day is undoubtedly like two yesterdays.
The two young men are playing with the boys, each felt bitter, though they don't feel it.

2. They wish for what they said and did, so much that a people's misdeeds are like benevolence.
God replaces eras with similar ones, just as He substitutes one man for another.

3. Fates cast disasters in their noses, leading them to their deaths efficiently.
The houses of Zuhayr's family drank morning draughts, and the tribe of Hasan tasted death.

4. Will the host feed the guest in good and bad times? And will the brave witness war with just a man and horses?
They gathered intellects, and their camels gathered bounty, but betrayal was not known to the wise.