هجرَ الزمانُ وليس لي من ساترٍ

ففررتُ لكنَّ الفرارَ قد انحبسْ

Time has abandoned me with no one to shelter me

So I fled, but escape was denied to me

فأُخِذتُ مأسوراً وقد مانعتُه

فاغتالني فكأنَّ كَشِّي بالفرسْ

Then I was seized, though I resisted capture

So it took me by surprise, as if my shackles were cut by a knight's steed