Sol 6.1

  1. مَن رَأنا فيُحَدِّث نَفسَهُ

    أَنَّهُ مُوفٍ عَلَى قَرنِ زَوال

    Whoever sees us, let him tell himself

    that he stands upon the crest of decline.

  2. وخُطوبُ الدَّهرِ لا يَبقَى لَها

    ولِمَا تَأتي بهِ صُمُّ الجِبال

    And time's calamities cannot be withstood,

    nor what they bring, even by the solid mountains.

  3. رُبَّ رَكبٍ قَد أَنَاخُوا عِندَنا

    يَشرَبُونَ الَخمرَ بِالماءِ الزُّلال

    Many a band of riders camped beside us,

    drinking wine with limpid water;

  4. والأَباريقُ عَلَيها فُدُمٌ

    وعِتَاقُ الَخيلِ تَردي في الجِلال

    and the pitchers had straining cloths over them,

    and noble horses galloped in their horsecloths.

  5. عَمُروا دَهراً بِعَيشٍ حَسَنٍ

    آمِني دَهرِهُمُ غَيرَ عِجال

    They lived long, enjoying a good life,

    safe from their time's perils, unhurried.

  6. ثُمًّ أَضحَوا أَخنَعَ الَّهرُ بهم

    وكَذلكَ الدَّهرُ يُودي بِالجبال

    Then they were brought low by time;

    and thus time brings ruin upon the mountains.

  7. وكَذاكَ الدَّهرُ يَرمي بالفَتَى

    في طلابِ العَيشِ حالاً بَعدَ حال

    And thus time flings the young man,

    in pursuit of a living, from one state to the next.