فَقَدتُ البُحورَ وَأَهلَ الوَفاءِ

وَأَصبَحتُ في غَدرٍ كَالغُدُر

I have lost the seas and people of loyalty

And find myself amidst treachery like treachery itself

وَما زالَ يَردُؤُ ذاكَ الجَوادُ

حَتّى أَبَرَّ عَلَيهِ الكُدُر

That generous one kept defending

Until the sorrows prevailed over him

تَعودُ الجُسومُ إِلى عُنصُرٍ

بِهِ مَدَرَت في الحِياضِ المُدُر

Bodies return to their elements

With which they rotated in the ponds

يَشُقُّ الحَريصُ عَلى نَفسِهِ

وَيَطلُبُ مِن عَيشِهِ أَن يَدُر

The greedy person struggles for himself

And seeks that his livelihood flows

وَيَأتي الفَتى رِزقُهُ وادِعاً

وَلَو كانَ في النيقِ عِندَ الفُدُر

And the youth's sustenance comes to him calmly

Even if it were by the cooking pots

فَلا تَغبِطَنَّ ذَوي نِعمَةٍ

فَإِنَّ المَنايا غِضابٌ هُدُر

So do not envy people of luxury

For death is a raging destruction

وَلَو عَوَّضوا عَنبَراً عَن بُراً

وَبُدَّلَ يَوماً حَصاهُم بِدُرّ

Even if they substituted amber for musk

And a day counted their pearls

جَرى خُلُفٌ وَاِدَّعى المُدَّعونَ

إِنّا عَلى ما أَرَدنا قُدُر

Changes have occurred and the claimants claimed

"We have power over what we desired"

وَقالَت مَعاشِرُ لا نَستَطيعُ

بَلَ نَحنُ مِثلُ الرُبى وَالجُدُر

And a group said "We cannot"

"Rather we are like rubbles and walls"

وَكُلُّ يُؤَمَّلُ صَفوَ الحَياةِ

وَذَلِكَ في فَلَكٍ لَم يَدُر

And everyone hopes for the essence of life

That is in an orbit that does not turn