يَا أُهَيْلَ الحَيِّ مِنْ ذَاكَ الحِمَى

أَنْتُمُ المَقْصُودُ مِنْ كُلِّ الوُجُودْ

O people of life from that feverish concern

You are the purpose of all existence

ظَبْيُّ أَبْيَاتِكُمُ ذَاكَ الَّذي

لاَ تَسَلْ مَا حَلَّ مِنْهُ بالأُسُودْ

The Gazelle of your verses, that one

Do not ask what has befallen it from misfortunes

وَسَقِيمُ الجَفْنِ قَدْ صَحَّ لَهُ

سُنَّةُ المَنْعِ وَإِبْطَالُ الوُعُودْ

And the sick of eyelids has recovered for him

The tradition of prevention and nullification of promises