قد مرَّ للرُزْءِ الذي حلَّ بي

حولٌ ووجدي ثابتٌ لا يَريمْ

Time has passed for the mockery that befell me

Yet my condition remains unchanged

وكلَّما قلتُ عفَا كَلْمُه

عاودني منه عِداد السليمْ

And whenever its talk subsides

Its counting of the unblemished resumes

يزيدُه طولُ البِلى جِدَّةً

وأَقتلُ الأدواءِ داءٌ قديمْ

Length of time only increases its intensity

And I battle maladies with an old affliction