1. The base man is stripped of praise and dons
The robes of weavers, thus a shameful cup.
١. يَعرى اللَئيمُ مِنَ الثَناءِ وَيَكتَسي
حُلَلَ النَواسِجِ فَهوَ كاسٍ عارِ
2. Time was not aware what was to come to be,
So why condemn it in these verses here?
٢. وَالدَهرُ لَم يَشعُر بِما هُوَ كائِنٌ
فيهِ فَكَيفَ يُذَمُّ في الأَشعارِ
3. The gift of life was not recalled from him
But rather what was given him seemed loaned.
٣. ما اِستُرجِعَت هِبَةُ الحَياةِ مِنَ الفَتى
بَل كانَ ما يُعطاهُ رَدَّ مُعارِ