ارحم عليلاً أنت أسقمتَه

والوصف عن حالته يقصرْ

Have mercy on an ailing one you made ill,

And any description falls short of his state.

إن الذي أبقيت من جسمه

يا مُتلف الصبِّ ولم تشعرْ

What little you left of his body,

O waster of youth who did not notice,

صُبابةٌ لو أنها دمعةٌ

تجول في خديك لم تقطرْ

Is a youth that if it were a teardrop

Roaming on your cheek, it would not fall.