خُذ حَديثي فَكم أُغط

طي عَلَيهِ ويَنكَشِف

Take my words though I conceal

Much about them that's revealed

كنتُ أجتازُ بالرُّما

ةِ اجتِيازاً فأرتَجِف

I would pass the sand dunes where

I would shiver and feel fear

وأَخافُ اختِلالَ را

مٍ وإِفلات منحَرِف

Lest the sand give way while I'm

Walking weighted down aside

وانقِلابَ السيات عِن

دَ وقُوفي فَما أَقِف

And if with a group I stand

Starting off or coming to land

وإِذا في جَماعَة ال

قَومِ يَعدو ويَنصَرِف

One with eyes set sideways glances

At me as if fighting the chances

رشأٌ طرفُه لمُس

تطرَفِ السُّقمِ قَد طرِف

Come to take me from a band

Of others walking hand in hand

قاصِداً لي فخلِّصوا

مدنفاً مِن يَدَي دَنِف

He was once good looking it's

Said but time made different shifts

كانَ مِن قبلِ عارِضَي

هِ بَديعاً كَما وُصِف

So the handsome man now can't pass

With a damaged eye and lower class

ثمَّ صارَ البَديعَ واس

تَوتَ اللامُ والألِف