لَجَّ مَن قَد هَوَيتُهُ في الصُدودِ

وَجَرى بَعدَ ذاكَ طَيرُ السُعودِ

The one I loved has spurned me after ardour

And then the bird of fortune took its flight

وَقَضى اللَهُ أَن أَذوبَ وَأَبلى

وَالبَلى مِن وَراءِ كُلِّ جَديدِ

God has decreed that I should melt and waste

And wasting comes on everythingbrand-new

وَالهَوى في الصِبا قَريبٌ مِنَ الرُش

دِ وَلَيسَ القَريبُ مِثلَ البَعيدِ

In youth the fancy for the fair is linked

To sprightliness; and far unlike is near

رُبَّما كُنتُ لِلأَوانِسِ زيراً

مُستَهاماً بِكُلِّ بَيضاءَ رودِ

Perchance I was a suitor of sweet maids

And coveted them all, both dark and bright

كَم جَمَعتُ الرَحيقَ وَالريقَ مِنها

وَكِلانا قَتيلُ صَنجِ وُعودِ

How much pure honey and sweet wine I quaffed

And both of us are victims of wood aloes

وَكِلانا قَد أَحدَثَ الراحُ فيهِ

زَهوَ عيسى اِبنِ خالِدِ اِبنِ الوَليدِ

And both of us the zephyr had imbued

With fragrance - Eisa son of Khalid son of Walid

فارِسٌ يَضرِبُ الفَوارِسَ بِالسَي

فِ إِذا ما اِتَقَت جِبالُ الحَديدِ

A horseman who surpasses horsemen, when

The mountains of iron clash in fight, smites with the sword