ستعلم أن رأيك رأي سوءٍ
إذا ظِلُّ الأمارة عنك زالا
You will learn that your judgment was a wicked one,
when authority’s shade has withdrawn from you.
وراحَ بنو أبيك ولستَ فيهم
بذي ذكرٍ يزيدهم جَمالا
And your father’s sons—your own kin—depart, while you are not among them
as a man of renown whose name adds to their glory.
هناك تذكَّرُ الأسلافَ منهم
إذا الليلُ القصيرُ عليك حالا
There you will remember their forebears
when the brief night comes upon you.
Sol 5.6