إِن الغَبيَّ زَمانَهُ بِسَخائِهِ

يُمضي رَبيعاً في الفُصول الأَربَع

The fool his time in largess pays away,

And through the seasons makes perpetual May;

وَتَرى المُقل مُفارِقاً أَحبابُهُ

لَم يَلف غَير مُشيع وَمودع

While churlish souls their grubby lives outwear,

Forsaken and unwept when comes their day.