يا رُبَّ أمرد قد سبرت غويره

حتى أزالَ الشعر ذاك الرَّونقا

O Lord, a young man has lost his youth

And so his charm and poetry fade away

وتنكرت صفة الغوير فلم يكن

ذاك الغوير ولا النقا ذاك النقا

Gone is the vigor of his younger days

No longer as he was in times now past