1. When youth has passed away I find content;
Would I had not thus its loss lamented!
١. وجدتُ النّوى إذ فقدتُ الشّبابَ
فيا ليتني لم أكُنْ فاقِدَهْ
2. So I try now to capture gracious looks;
But weary myself, with nothing augmented.
٢. فصرتُ أُحاوِلُ صيدَ الحسانِ
وأتْعَبُ فيهِ بلا فائِده
3. The state of thy sandals, when one is lost,
Is troubled indeed, with one absented.
٣. وحالُ أثافِيكَ مُخْتَلّةٌ
إذا ما عَدِمْتَ لها واحِدَه