1. How many a king have I seen in this palace
Whom the vicissitudes of fate stole away
١. كم قد رأيتُ بهذا القصر من مَلِكٍ
دارتْ عليه صروفُ الدهر فاخْتُلِسا
2. As if he and what he had gathered
Were a specter that appeared to a dreamer when he slept
٢. كأنه والذي قد كان يجمعه
طيفٌ تَصوَّر للرائي إذا نَعَسا