بَلَوتُ مِن هَذِهِ الدُنيا وَساكِنِها

عَجائِباً وَاِنتِهاءُ الثَوبِ تَقديدُ

I have experienced the wonders of this world and its inhabitants,

The end of the robe is patching,

رُدّي كَلامَكِ ما أَملَلتِ مُستَمِعاً

وَهَل يُمَلُّ مِنَ الأَنفاسِ تَرديدُ

Stop your talk, you never bore a listener,

Is one ever bored of breathing over and over?

هاجَت بُكايَ أَغانيُّ القِيانِ بِها

كَأَنَّها مِن ذَواتِ الثُكلِ تَعديدِ

The wailing of songs excites me,

As if it were the enumeration of bereaved women,

وَالناسُ في الأَرضِ أَجناسٌ مُقَلَّدَةٌ

كَالهَديِّ قُلِّدَ لَم يَذعَرهُ تَهديدُ

And people on earth are types that are imitated,

Like the gift, adorned, not startled by threats,

قالوا فَلَمّا أَحالوا أَظهَروا لَدَداً

فَالقَولُ مَينٌ وَفي الأَصواتِ تَنديدُ

They said, so when they became senile, they showed audacity,

So the saying is soft, and in the voices reprimand,

ضَلّوا عَنِ الرُشدِ مِنهُم جاحِدٌ جَحِدٌ

أَو مَن يَحُدُّ وَهَل لِلَّهِ تَحديدُ

They went astray from righteousness, among them a blatant unbeliever,

Or one who limits, and does God have limits?

لَفظٌ يُبَدَّدُ مِن شَرخٍ وَمُكتَهِلٍ

وَالمالُ يُجَمَعُ لَم يَدرُكُهُ تَبديدُ

A word scattered from a crack and bluntness,

And money is collected, unattainable dispersion,

رَمَوا فَأَشوَوا وَلَم يُثبِت قِياسُهُمُ

شَيئاً سِوى أَنَّ رَميَ المَوتِ تَسديدُ

They threw but they missed, and their measurement did not establish

Anything but that the throwing of death is accurate,

ما سَيِّدٌ غَيرُ رِعديدٍ عَلِمتُ بِهِ

كَأَنَّما الحَتفُ إِن لاقاهُ رِعديدُ

I knew no master but thunderous,

As if the basin, when faced with it, is thunder,

وَالخَيرُ يَجلُبُ شَرّاً وَالذُبابُ دَعا

إِلى الجَنى إِنَّهُ في الطَعمِ قِنديدُ

And good brings evil, and flies called

To paradise, it is sweet in taste,

وَخِلتُ أَنِيَ حَرفُ الوَقفِ سَكَّنَهُ

وَقتٌ وَأَدرَكَهُ في ذاكَ تَشديدُ

And I thought I was the silent stop letter,

A time, and it reached it in that emphasis,

وَأَشرَفُ الناسِ في أَعلى مَراتِبِهِ

مِثلُ الصَديدِ وَلَكِن قيلَ صِنديدُ

And the best of people in his highest ranks,

Is like rust, but it is said to be tin,

ما كِبرُهُ وَثَقيلُ اللَحنِ يَمنَعُهُ

مِن سُرعَةِ الفَهمِ تَرسيلٌ وَتَمديدُ

His bigness and heavy tone prevents him

From quickly understanding, dictation and extension,