أَحَلَّني الدَّهرُ لَدى مَعشَرٍ

بابُ النَّدى عِندَهُم مُرتَجُ

Time has joined me with a group

Whose door of bounty is ever-open

دارُهُمُ الدُّنيا لأَنّا بِها

نَدخُلُ صِفراً وَكَذا نَخرُجُ

Their abode is this world, for we

Enter it empty and likewise depart