1. رَوَّعَتْنِي ذِكْرَى الخَسَارَةِ لَمَّا

    نَبَّأُونِي بِهَا فَبُتُّ حَزِينَا

    The thought of the loss appalled me when

    They told me of it, and I spent the night grieving.

  2. فَقَدْ أَلْفٍ وَنِصْفِ أَلفٍ نِضَاراً

    جَلَّ بَيْنَ الخُطُوبِ عَنْ أَنْ يَهُونَا

    The loss of a thousand and half a thousand in gold

    Was too grave among calamities to be taken lightly.

  3. كَانَ حَقَّ الزَّمَانِ إِعْطَاءَكَ الآلافِ

    لا الأَخْذِ مِنْكَ شَلَّ يَمِينَا

    Time ought to have given you thousands,

    Not taken from you—may its right hand be paralyzed!

  4. أَوْ لَسْتَ الَّذِي لَهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ

    حَسَنَاتٌ نَعُدُّهَا بِالمِئِينَا

    Or are you not the one who has, each day,

    Good deeds we count by the hundreds?

  5. أَوْ لَسْتَ الَّذِي عَلَى غَدَرَاتِ الصَّحْبِ

    يَبْقَى الأخَ الأَمِينَا

    Or are you not the one who, despite companions’ betrayals,

    Remains the faithful brother?

  6. إِنَّمَا الدَّهْرُ حَرْبُ كُلِّ كَرِيمٍ

    وَنَبِيلٍ فَمَا يَزَالُ خَؤُونَا

    Time is but the foe of every generous soul

    And every noble one, for it is ever treacherous.