ويلي على من لم يُطِقْ

خَصْرَاه حَمْلَ روادِفِهْ

Woe to him who cannot bear

The burden of his companions upon him,

وشكَتْ شقائقُ وَجْنَتَيْ

هِ إليه حَمْلَ سوالفه

And my cheeks complained

Of the burden of his words upon me.

رَشَأٌ إذا لبِس المطا

رِفِ ذابَ بين مطارِفِهْ

A young man in fine clothes

Melts among the other finely dressed.

وإذا تضاعف لحظه

فالموت حشو تضاعُفِه

And when his gaze is doubled,

Death fills his doubling.