1. لَقَد تَرَفَّعَ فَوقَ المُشتَري زُحَلٌ

    فَأَصبَحَ الشَرُّ فينا ظاهِرَ الغَلَبِ

    Saturn has indeed risen above Jupiter.

    So evil has become plainly dominant among us.

  2. وَإِنَّ كَيوانَ وَالمِرّيخَ ما بَقِيا

    لا يُخلِيانِكَ مِن فَجَعٍ وَمِن سَلَبِ

    And indeed, Kaywan and Mars, as long as they remain,

    will not leave you free of bereavement and plunder.

  3. وَكَم طَلَبتَ أُموراً لَستَ مُدرِكَها

    تَبارَكَ اللَهَ مَن أَغراكَ بِالطَلَبِ

    And how many things you have sought that you will not attain!

    Blessed be God! Who has enticed you to seek?

  4. أَما رَأَيتَ رِجالاً بَعدَ شُربِهِمُ

    في النَضرِ يَرضونَ أَن أَن يُسقَوا مِنَ العُلَبِ

    Have you not seen men who, after drinking

    from gold vessels, are content to—to be given drink from wooden bowls?

  5. وَما أَمِنتُ زَماني في تَصَرُّفِهِ

    أَن يَنقُلَ المُلكَ مِن مِصرٍ إِلى حَلَبِ

    Nor have I trusted my age, in its changing ways,

    not to transfer sovereignty from Egypt to Aleppo.