قَد قسَا الدَّهرُ عَلِيَّه

ونَعَى نَفسِي إِليَّه

Time has been cruel to me

And my soul is weary of it

فِي الثَّرى بَعضِي وتَخطُو

فَوقَها مِنِّى البَقِيَّه

Some of me is in the dust

While the rest still lingers above