1. Fortune threw me down while its ways were violent
And burdened me with more than I could thankfully bear
١. رَمى الدَّهرُ دوني وَهوَ جَمٌّ صُروفُهُ
وَكَلَّفَني ما لا يَقومُ بِهِ شُكري
2. If I busy my soul with aught but praising it
I return to what I was with Fortune overlong
٢. فَإِن شُغِلَت نَفسي بِغَيرِ مَديحِهِ
فَعدتُ إِلى ما كُنتُ فيهِ مَعَ الدَّهرِ