لَعَمرُكَ ما الدُنيا بِدارِ إِقامَةٍ

وَلا الحَيُّ في حالِ السَلامَةِ آمِنُ

By your life, this world is no place to stay

And no living man remains safe for a day

وَإِنَّ وَليداً حَلَّها لَمُعَذَّبٌ

جَرَت لِسِواهُ بِالسُعودِ الأَيامِنُ

Though Walid once held sway and made it his own

Fate turned aside and his power was gone

وَنالَ بَنوها ما حَبَتهُم جُدودُهُم

عَلى أَنَّ جَدَّ المَرءِ في الجَدِّ كامِنُ

His sons won all their heart's desire could claim

Though man's worth depends on his fathers' fame