1. وكنتُ إذا رأيتُ ولو عجوراً

    يبادرُ بالقيامِ على الحرارةْ

    And once, whenever I saw even a cucumber,

    it would hasten to rise with ardor;

  2. فأصبحَ لا يقومُ لبدرِ تمٍّ

    كأنَّ النَّحسَ قدْ وليَ الوزارةْ

    but now it does not rise for a moon in its fullness,

    as though ill fortune had assumed the ministry.