فَلا تَنكحَنَّ الدَّهرَ إِن كُنتَ ناكِحاً

عَشَوزَنةً لَم يَبقَ إِلا هَريرُها

So do not marry Time, if you wish to marry,

An old hag, of whom naught remains but her wheezing.

تَجودُ برجلَيها وَتَمنَعُ مالَها

وَإِن غَضِبَت راعَ الأُسودَ زَئيرُها

She is generous with her legs and stingy with her money,

And if she gets angry, she frightens the lions with her roar.

إِذا فرغَت مِن أَهلِ دارٍ تُبيرُهم

سَحَت سَحوةً أُخرى لِدارٍ تُبيرُها

When she finishes off the people of one house,

She travels on her camel to another house to finish them off.