1. Did he who praises know who his praise stuns,
of whom nothing remains but tales
١. هَل كانَ عِندَ المُديحِ عِلمٌ
بَمن يُدِيخُ الذي أَداخا
2. of wherever he goes or stays?
Many nights his ears were struck
٢. لَم يبقَ منهُ سِوى حديثٍ
في حيثُ ما سارَ أَو أَناخا
3. with admonishments, yet he never listened.
His singing was haunted by loneliness,
٣. كم قَرعَت سَمعَهُ اللّيالي
بكلِّ وعظٍ فما أَصَاخا
4. when his bliss failed and turned to ash.
He turned to thieves, to austere lands,
٤. أَوحشَ مغناهُ بَعدَ أُنسٍ
لمَّا خَبا سَعدُهُ وَباخا
5. and gave himself up to the piercing cold winds.
٥. ولَّى على غُلّةٍ وبَرحٍ
وأَسلَمَ الباردَ النُّقاخا