لم يزل خالدٌ لَدُن كانَ طِفلاً

مُرْضَعاً والأيورُ أكبرُ هَمِّهْ

Khalid has been since he was a child

A suckling babe whose greatest care was toys

كان قِدْماً يَمُصُّ أيْرَ أبيه

ويُطيل الصدودَ عن ثدْي أُمِّهْ

He was toddling, sucking his father's teats

And clinging long to his mother's breasts