1. لَم يَبقَ في العَيشِ غَيرُ البُؤسِ وَالنَكَدِ

    فَاِهرُب إِلى المَوتِ مِن هَمٍ وَمِن نَكَدِ

    Nothing remains in life but misery and hardship.

    So flee to death from worry and from hardship.

  2. مَلَأتَ يا دَهرُ عَيني مِن مَكارِهِها

    يا دَهرُ حَسبُكَ قَد أَسرَفتَ فَاِقتَصِدِ

    You have filled my eye, O Time, with things it loathes.

    O Time, enough! You have gone too far, so show restraint.