1. O world-builder in your old age,
In you are wonders for one who wonders.
١. يا عامِرَ الدُنيا عَلى شَيبِهِ
فيكَ أَعاجيبُ لِمَن يَعجَبُ
2. No excuse for one who builds his building,
Yet his life is wasting away and crumbling.
٢. ما عُذرُ مَن يَعمُرُ بُنيانُهُ
وَعُمرُهُ مُستَهدَمٌ يُخربُ