مَرِضتُ فَلَم يَعُدني في شَكاتي

مِنَ الإِخوانِ ذو كَرَمٍ وَفيرِ

I fell ill, and none of my brothers, generous and abundant, visited me in my sickness.

Yet if they fall ill, as days have their judgment, it shall reach both elder and younger.

فَإِن مَرِضوا وَلِلأَيّامِ حُكمٌ

سَيَنفُذُ في الكَبيرِ وَفي الصَغيرِ

I rose at daybreak to wine and amusements, and if they die, I shall mourn at their graves.

غَدَوتُ عَلى المُدامَةِ وَالملاهي

وَإِن ماتوا حَزِنتُ عَلى القُبورِ