لَم يَعطف النُصح قَلبي لِلرَشاد فَما

أَقساهُ مِن قَلب وَأَجفاني

My heart was not inclined to heed good counsel, so what

A harder heart than mine, and less heedful eyes!

قَضيت أَحسَن أَيامي وَأَجملها

بِاللَهو ما اِنتَبهت لِلخَير أَجفاني

I spent my finest days and their beauty too

In frivolity - my heedless eyes did not awake to good.