1. لي طيلسانٌ إنْ يُبده زَمانُهُ

    فبحقه وبما أبادَ زمانَهُ

    I have a mantle: if its time destroys it,

    then justly, in return for the time it has destroyed.

  2. مثلُ السراب سخافةً لكنَّهُ

    تجري الرياح وما يَريمُ مكانَهُ

    It is as flimsy as a mirage, yet

    the winds race by, and it never leaves its place.

  3. بالٍ يُخلِّي للرياح سبيلها

    عفواً فيسبِقُ وهيُه طيرانَهُ

    Threadbare, it leaves the winds their path,

    effortlessly; thus its fraying outpaces its flight.