1. I used to bid farewell to youth, as one
Who turns away, never to come again.
١. كنْتُ أَلفَ الصِّبا فَوَدَّعَني
وَداعَ مَنْ بانَ غيْرَ مُنْصَرفِ
2. My wanton days passed by like shadows faint,
My spring of life ran quickly to its end.
٢. أيّامَ لَهْوي كَظِلِّ إِسْحِلَةٍ
وإِذْ شَبابي كَروضَةٍ أُنُفِ