أَنا مِنكَ لِلأَيّامِ عاتِب

وَلَها بِثَأرِكَ أَيُّ طالِب

I blame the days for you

And demand your revenge from them

وَمُخاصِمٌ فَإِذا اِقتَضَي

نا فَالقُضاةُ هِيَ العَواقِب

I quarrel, so when necessary

Consequences are the judges

مُتَوَقِّعٌ أَنَّ اللَيا

لي وا لِداتٌ لِلعَجائِب

Expecting that the nights give birth

To wonders

وَاللَهِ لا نادَمتُ بَع

دَكَ يا هِلالُ سِوى الكَواكِب

By God, after you I regret nothing,

O crescent, but the stars

وَلَأَبكِيَنكَ بِالسَحا

ئِبِ فَوقَ ما بَكَتِ السَحائِب

And I will weep for you with wolves

Above what the clouds have wept

لا يُذكِرَنكِ يا سَوا

كِبُ جودَهُ إِلّا السَواكِب

No generous ones will mention you

O stars, but the generous ones

فُلَّت مَضارِبُ بَأسِهِ

مِن بَعدِ تَغليلِ المَضارِب

His assault tents have folded

After misleading the assault tents

حَفِظَ التَجارِبَ وَالمَصا

ئِبُ لا تَجيئُ عَلى التَجارِب

Experiences are kept and calamities

Do not come upon experiences

وَلَها ضَرائِبُ ثُمَّ كَم

طَرَقَت عَلى غَيرِ الضَرائِب

And it has taxes, then how

It knocked on other than taxes

وَالمَرءُ مَغلوبٌ عَلى

تَدبيرِهِ وَاللَهُ غالِب

And man is overcome

On his scheme, and God is victorious