أَقصَرتُ مِن قَصرِ النَهارِ وَقَد أَنى

مِنّي الغُروبُ وَلَيسَ لي إِقصارُ

I fall short of the palace of daylight though

The sunset has passed me by and I have no shortage

وَيَنالُ طالِبُ حاجَةٍ بِفَلاتِهِ

ما لا تَجودُ بِمِثلِهِ الأَمصارُ

And a seeker of needs attains through his neglect

What the lands do not bestow the like of

وَإِذا الحَوادِثُ جَهَّزَت جَيشاً لَها

خَمَدَت قُرَيشٌ فيهِ وَالأَنصارُ

And when calamities arm an army for them

Quraysh are subdued in it and the Ansar

أَنا ما حَجَجتُ فَكَم تَحُجُّ نَوائِبٌ

شَخصي وَيَفقِدُ عِندَها الإِحصارُ

I - how many tribulations make pilgrimage to me

Assail my person and siege loses effect near them

قَدُمَ الزَمانُ وَعُمرُهُ إِن قِستَهُ

فَلَدَيهِ أَعمارُ النُسورِ قِصارُ

Time has stepped forth and its life if you measure it

Is with the short-lived eagles' lifetimes at pair

الهَمُّ مُنتَشِرٌ وَلَكِن رَبُّهُ

يَوماً يَصيرُ إِلى الثَرى فَيُصارُ

Care is abundant but its Lord one day

Shall make it to earth and it will be interred

وَالمُعصِراتُ مِنَ الخِرادِ عَواصِفٌ

كَالمُعصِراتِ صَنيعُها إِعصارُ

And storms from locusts, the pressers

Their handiwork is a storm, their pressing

كَم يَسمَعُ الناسُ العِظاتِ وَكَم رَأَوا

غَيرَ الجَميلِ فَغُضَّت الأَبصارُ

How much advice people hear and how much they saw

Other than beauty so sights were averted