1. نفع قليلٌ إذا نادى الصدى أُصلا

    وحانَ منه لبرد الماء تَغريد

    There is little benefit when the owl calls in the evenings,

    and the time comes for it to trill for cool water.

  2. وودعوني فقالوا ساعة انطلقوا

    أودى فأودى النَدى والحزم والجود

    And they bid me farewell, saying as they depart:

    "He has perished, and with him have perished bounty, resolve, and generosity."

  3. فَما أُبالي إذا ما مت ما صَنعُوا

    كلُّ امرئ بسبيل الموت مرصود

    So I do not care, once I am dead, what they do;

    every man is awaited on the road to death.