1. يا كِندَ ما خِلتُ السُكونَ تَحَرَّكَت

    بَعدَ السُكونِ وَلا أَخوها السَكسَكُ

    O Kinda, I never imagined al-Sukūn would stir

    after stillness, nor her brother al-Saksak.

  2. نُوَبٌ فَرَسنَكَ لا يَروقُ عُيونَها

    حُلَلٌ تَلوحُ كَأَنَّهُنَّ الفِرسَكُ

    Calamities have mauled you; their eyes find no delight

    in robes that gleam as though they were peaches.

  3. حِقدُ الزَمانِ حَسيكَةٌ في صَدرِهِ

    فَلِذاكَ أَرزاقُ الكِرامِ تُحَسَّكُ

    Time’s rancor is a thorn within its breast;

    hence the noble’s sustenance is stinted.