أَيرُ عَمّارٍ أَصبَحَ ال

يَومَ رَخواً قَدِ اِنكَسَر

The pillar of the building has become weak one day,

As if broken down and in it despair.

أَلِداءٍ يُرى بِهِ

أَم مِنَ الهَمِّ وَالضَجَر

Is it out of pain seen in him,

Or from anxiety and boredom?

أَم بِهِ أُخذَةٌ فَقَد

تُطلِقُ الأُخذَةُ النُشَر

Or is it taken by surprise, so

Surprises make one sluggish.

فَلَئِن كانَ قَوَّسَ ال

يَومَ أَو عَضَّهُ الكِبَر

If he bent one day or

Old age has bitten him,

فَلَقِدماً قَضى وَنا

لَ مِنَ اللَذَّةِ الوَطَر

Still he has lived and enjoyed

The pleasure of vigor.

وَلَقَد كُنتُ مُنعِظاً

أَبَداً قائِمَ الذَكَر

I used to be warned,

Always standing in remembrance.

وَأَنا اليَومَ لَو أَرى ال

حورَ عِندي لَما اِنتَشَر

And I am today, if I see

Houris with me, I won't prosper.

ساقِطٌ رَأسُهُ عَلى

خُصيَتَيهِ بِهِ زَوَر

His head has fallen on

His testicles in it falsehood.

كُلَّما سُمتُهُ النُّهو

ضَ إِلى كُوَّةٍ عَثَر

Whenever I invited him to

Copulate, to a vulva he stumbled.