Sol 6.1

  1. عتبتُ على الدهر إخوانهُ

    وعفت سنيه مخافة أحزانه

    I reproached Time over its companions,

    and loathed its years for fear of its sorrows.

  2. أحببته كالخشف ثم مللتهُ

    إذ صار عيراً سكانه

    I loved him like a fawn, then tired of him,

    when his inhabitants became an ass [wording unclear].

  3. فلئن أذبت فؤادي بتغيّري

    فلقد اذايت مهجتي أجفانه

    So if I melted my heart through my own change,

    his eyelids have indeed [apparently: melted] my soul.

  4. يبدو فأعرض بعد نبت عذاره

    كفعاله بي والزمان زمانه

    He appears, and I turn away now that his cheek-hair has grown,

    just as he treated me when the times were his.

  5. وقليل شعر العارضين مخبّر

    وكذا الكتاب فأصله عنوانه

    And a little hair on the cheeks tells the tale;

    likewise, a book's essence is its title.