قالَ الأَميرُ مُداعِباً بِمَقالِهِ

جاءَ الغَزالُ بِحُسنِهِ وَجَمالِهِ

The prince jokingly said in his speech:

The gazelle came with its beauty and charm.

أَينَ الجَمالُ مِن اِمرِئٍ أَربى عَلى

مُتَعَدِّدِ التَسعينَ مِن أَحوالِهِ

Where is beauty from a man who grew old

Going through manifold ninety states of mind?

وَهَل الجَمالُ لَهُ الجَمالُ مِن اِمرِئٍ

أَلقاهُ ريبُ الدَهرِ في أَغلالِهِ

Can there be beauty for someone whom the days

Have shackled in their fetters then unbound,

وَأَعادَهُ مِن بَعدِ جِدَّتِهِ بِلىً

وَأَحالَ رَونَقَ حالِهِ عن حالِهِ

And after vigor made him weak instead,

Replaced the glory of his state with decline?