اِذا لَم يَكُن لِرُكوبِ الشَري

فِ سِوى أَن يُلمَّ بِداري غَرَض

If the wicked's only purpose in riding

Was to destroy my home without a hiding

وَأَقعَدَهُ الدَهرُ مَركوبَهُ

فَاِنَّ عَليَّ اِحتمالَ العَوض

And if time has made his steed unstriding

Then I shall bear what I've been chiding