أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ الدَهرَ أَخنَت صُروفُه

أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ الدَهرَ أَخنَت صُروفُه

عَلى عَمروٍ السَهميّ تُجبى لَهُ مِصرُ

عَلى عَمروٍ السَهميّ تُجبى لَهُ مِصرُ

Have you not seen how Time's vicissitudes brought ruin

upon Amr al-Sahmi, for whom Egypt's tribute was collected?

فَلَم يُغنِ عَنهُ حَزمُه وَاِحتيالُه

فَلَم يُغنِ عَنهُ حَزمُه وَاِحتيالُه

وَلا جَمعُهُ لَمذا أُتيحَ له الدهرُ

وَلا جَمعُهُ لَمذا أُتيحَ له الدهرُ

So his prudence and cunning availed him nothing,

nor what he had amassed, when Time was set against him.

وَأَمسى مُقيماً بِالعَراء وَضللت

وَأَمسى مُقيماً بِالعَراء وَضللت

مَكايدُه عَنهُ وَأَموالُه الدَثرُ

مَكايدُه عَنهُ وَأَموالُه الدَثرُ

And he came to dwell in the open, bereft of

his stratagems and his abundant wealth.