مِن ايِّ صُروفِ الدَّهرِ أَصبَحتَ تَعجَبُ

وَفي أَي هَذا الدَّهرِ أَمسَيتَ تَرغَبُ

From what fortunes of time have you come to wonder?

And in what era of this life have you come to yearn?

أَيَذهَبُ أَهلي بِالفَناءِ وَإِخوَتي

وَرَهطي وَقَد أَيقَنتُ أَن سَوفَ أَذهَبُ

Will my family and brethren depart into extinction?

And my tribe, though I'm certain that I will depart?

أَتَنسى عَدوّاً سارَ نَحوَكَ لَم يَزل

ثَمانينَ عاماً قبضَ نَفسِكَ يَطلبُ

Can you forget a foe who has marched against you,

For eighty years grasping for your final breath?

وَتَذكُرُ سِرداحاً مِنَ الوَصلِ باقِياً

طَويلَ القَرا أَنضَيتَهُ وَهوَ أَحدَبُ

And recall a companion whose love still remains,

Though long-necked, you tamed and trained him as he grew?

تَقَعّدته عَصراً طَويلاً أَروضُه

يَلين وَيَنبو تارةً حينَ أَركَبُ

For a long epoch you trained and gentled him,

Now pliant, now lively when you ride.