1. خدَمِي علما ذا البَيْتِ تَشهَدُ لي بِها

    عَصْرَ الشَّبابِ وَأَيْنَ ذاك الشَّاهِدُ

    My services—[“knowledge; this house”: wording unclear]—you bear witness to them for me,

    O days of youth—and where is that witness?