1. أَسِفى على زمنِ الشبابِ الزائلِ

    أسفٌ أُديم عليه عَضَّ أناملي

    My grief for the fleeting days of youth

    Is grief over which I keep biting my fingertips.

  2. ولَّى فلا طمعٌ بعَطْفَةِ هاجرٍ

    منه ولا أَمَلٌ لأَوْبَةِ راحل

    It has gone; no hope of a forsaker's relenting

    Can be had from it, nor hope of a departed one's return.

  3. هذا على أنّ العَفافَ وهِمَّتي

    لم يُظْفِرا حظِّى لديه بطائل

    All this, though chastity and my high resolve

    Won me no worthwhile gain in its days.