1. Is it not strange that the youth
Is afflicted by some of that in his hands
١. أَلَيسَ عَجيباً بِأَنَّ الفَتى
يُصابُ بِبَعضِ الَّذي في يَدَيهِ
2. So among those who weep for him there is a consoler
And between one who gives him solace there is a nourisher
٢. فَمِن بَينِ باكٍ لَهُ موجِعٌ
وَبَينِ مُعِزٍّ مُغذٍ إِلَيهِ
3. Yet old age robs him of the vigor of youth
So no creature can console him for it
٣. وَيَسلِبُهُ الشَيبُ شَرخَ الشَبابِ
فَلَيسَ يُعَزّيهِ خَلقٌ عَلَيهِ