غَيَّرهُ الكونُ والفسادُ

غَيَّرهُ الكونُ والفسادُ

ولاح في وجهه السوادُ

ولاح في وجهه السوادُ

Generation and corruption have changed him,

and blackness has appeared upon his face,

كأنَّه دمة أمحَّت

كأنَّه دمة أمحَّت

فكلُّ آثارها رمادُ

فكلُّ آثارها رمادُ

as though he were an old campsite struck barren,

so that every trace of it is ash.