أقبلَ من كندرٍ مُسَيخرَةٌ

للنحسِ في وجههِ عَلاماتُ

A youth from Kindar came mocking ill-omen,

Though on his face were its apparent signs.

يحضُرُ دورَ الأميرِ وهو فتىً

موضع أمثالِهِ الخراباتُ

He frequents the abodes of the prince, though he

Is proper to be the theme of admonitions.

فهوَ جحيمٌ ودبرُهُ سعةً

كجنّةٍ عرضُها السماواتُ

Before him is Hell, but behind him reprieve,

Like a garden, the breadth of it the skies.