مذ ضل مني القلب في ليل الصبا

وقد اطل مسدفاً ظلامه

Since my heart strayed in the night of youth,

And let the darkness stretch out,

رفعت من نار مشيبي قبساً

انشده وقد نأى مرامه

I raised from the fire of my old age an ember,

I recite it though its purpose is remote.