1. Does Umm ‘Amrah mock me when she saw
Night and day wearing me out and hastening?

2. For if I do meet misfortunes from them
They had wasted Nu’man before me, and followed suit

3. Time, the separator, is quick to come between us
Until it turns around and knocks us down

4. As Sa’d said when leading his son on the elephant:
“You’ve grown; spare me these rabbits, rustler!”