أَقولُ لِلدَهرِ وَقَد عَضَّني

فوهُ بِأَنيابٍ وَأَضراسِ

I say to fate when it has bitten me

With its incisors and its molars too

يا دَهرُ إِن أَبقَيتَ لي مالِكاً

فَاِذهَب بِمَن شِئتَ مِنَ الناسِ

O fate if you left me some possessions

Then take whoever else that you want to