لي طيلسانٌ أنا في يديه

مثلُ الأسير خانعٌ لدَيهِ

I have a sword in my hands

Like a prisoner, submissive to it

زَعْزعتِ الأيامُ جانبيه

قد هدمتْ أيامُه رُكنيه

Time has shaken its sides

Days have demolished its pillars

تُسرعُ كلُّ آفةٍ إليه

كأنَّ كلَّ صيحةٍ عليه

Every harm hastens to it

As if every outcry were upon it