1. أَلَيسَ عَجيباً بِأَنَّ الفَتى

    يُصابُ بِبَعضِ الَّذي في يَدَيهِ

    Is it not strange that a young man

    suffers the loss of some of what he holds,

  2. فَمِن بَينِ باكٍ لَهُ موجِعٌ

    وَبَينِ مُعِزٍّ مُغذٍ إِلَيهِ

    and some weep heartrendingly for him,

    while others hasten to console him,

  3. وَيَسلِبُهُ الشَيبُ شَرخَ الشَبابِ

    فَلَيسَ يُعَزّيهِ خَلقٌ عَلَيهِ

    yet gray hair robs him of the prime of youth,

    and not a soul consoles him for it?