تَخَرَّمَ الدَهرُ إِخواني وَغادَرَني

كَما يُغادَرُ ثورُ الطارِدِ الفَئِدُ

Time has snatched away my brothers and left me behind,

as a hunter leaves the heart-struck bull behind.

إِنّي لَباقٍ قَليلاً ثُمَّ تابِعُهُم

وَوارِدِ مَنهَلَ القَومِ الَّذي وَرَدوا

I shall remain but a little while, then follow them,

and reach the people’s watering place—the one they reached.