1. تَلقى السَليطِيَّ وَالأَبطالُ قَد كُلِموا

    وَسطَ الرِجالِ بَطيناً وَهوَ مَفلولُ

    You find al-Salīṭī, while the champions have been wounded,

    Amid the men, potbellied and defeated.

  2. لَم يَركَبوا الخَيلَ إِلّا بَعدَما هَرِموا

    فَهُم ثِقالٌ عَلى أَكتافِها ميلُ

    They mounted horses only after they had grown old;

    So they weigh heavily on the horses’ shoulders, unsteady in the saddle.