1. The twain folded what they spread of me,
So the nature of my grandsire is spreading and folding.
١. طَوى العَصرانِ ما نَشَراهُ مِنّي
فَأَخلق جدّتي نَشرٌ وَطَيُّ
2. I see myself decreasing every day,
Yet naught of youth remains with the boy.
٢. أراني في اِنتِقاصٍ كُلَّ يَومٍ
وَلا يَبقى عَلى الحدثانِ شَيُّ