مُتَبَرِّمٌ بِعِتابِهِ

مُسْتَعْذِبٌ لِعَذابِهِ

Bitter in his rebuke

Seeking torment for himself

هَجَرَ العَميدَ تَعَمُّداً

فَغَدا وراحَ لِما بِهِ

He spurned the chief deliberately

And went his way with his plight

وكَسَاهُ ثَوْبَ مَشيبِهِ

في عِنْفُوانِ شَبابِهِ

Robing him in his wintry garb

In the prime of his youth

فَتَراهُ يُؤذِنُ في أَوا

نِ مَجيئِهِ بِذَهابِهِ

Thus he signals at dawn

His coming by his going