1. انظُرْ خِضابَ الشّبابِ قد نصَلا

    وزائِرَ الأُنْسِ بعْدَهُ انْفَصَلا

    Look—the dye of youth has faded,

    and the visitor of joy has departed after it.

  2. ومَطْلَبي والذي كلِفْتُ بهِ

    أمَّلْتُ تَحْصيلَهُ فَما حصَلا

    And my desire, and what I was enamored of—

    I hoped to attain it, but it was not attained.

  3. لا أملٌ مُسْعِفٌ ولا عمَلٌ

    ونحْنُ في ذا والمَوْتُ قد وصَلا

    Neither hope nor deed brings aid,

    and while we are thus, death has already arrived.