تأمَّلت من بعد الصبا حال وجنةٍ

لغيداء لم أطمع بعوْدِ وصالها

After youth, I beheld a garden, once blossoming,

Whose union I had not hoped to see restored,

وكنت أخا سعدى فأصبحت عمّها

فهيهات لي جدّ بتقبيل خالها

Her brother I was, but now am as her uncle,

Alas! Her cheek’s mole, I cannot kiss anymore.