آذنَ صرفُ الدَّهرِ بالبَينِ

وأرَّقَت فُرقتُه عَيني

The passing days have decreed our separation

And its pain has kept me sleepless

إذ جَلسَ الأستاذُ في مَجلسٍ

للمَجدِ ما بَينَ الأميرَينِ

When the teacher sat in an assembly

Of glory between the two princes

ولا يُلامُ الدَّهرُ في عَجزِه

عن قلمٍ ما بينَ سَيفَينِ

And time is not to blame in its inadequacy

Against a pen between two swords