يا عامِرَ الدُنيا عَلى شَيبِهِ
فيكَ أَعاجيبُ لِمَن يَعجَبُ
O world-builder in your old age,
In you are wonders for one who wonders.
ما عُذرُ مَن يَعمُرُ بُنيانُهُ
وَعُمرُهُ مُستَهدَمٌ يُخربُ
No excuse for one who builds his building,
Yet his life is wasting away and crumbling.
