1. The supported one won on his day
What he had hoped for the day before
١. وفازَ المؤيَّدُ في يومِهِ
بما كانَ يرجوهُ في أمسِهِ
2. And how much he complained of time's injustice
Yet time made up for it through itself
٢. وكمْ قدْ شكا الحيفَ منْ دهرِهِ
فأنصفَهُ الدهرُ منْ نفسِهِ