وَلَرُبَّما حَذِرَ الفَتى

ما لَيسَ يُنجي مِنهُ حِذر

Sometimes the young man is wary

Of what his wariness cannot save him from

كَالمُتَّقي قَطرَ السَحا

بِ وَحَولَهُ في الأَرضِ بَحر

Like one who shields from drops of rain

While an ocean rages round him on the earth