لَنا نَديمٌ دَنِسُ الخُبْرِ

اَطفَلُ مِن صُبحٍ عَلى فَجرِ

We have a companion, impure of news

A child from a morning upon dawn

لَو طَبَخَ المَرءُ عَلى فَرسَخٍ

أَتاهُ مِن ساعَتِهِ يَجري

If a man cooked over a league

He came to him from his time, running