آذَنَتْ جارَتِي بِوَشْكِ رَحيلِ

باكِراً جاهَرَتْ بخَطْبٍ جَلِيلِ

My neighbor has told me she's soon to depart

Early, she openly declared a noble aim

أَزْمَعَتْ بالفِراقِ لَمَّا رَأَتْنِي

أُتْلِفُ المالَ لا يَذُمُّ دَخِيلي

She decided on leaving when she saw me

Amassing wealth, welcoming nothing unseemly

ارْبعِي إنَّما يَرِيبُكِ مِنِّي

إرْثُ مجْدٍ وَجِدُّ لُبٍّ أَصِيلِ

My lady, forty springs shouldn't make you doubt me

I'm heir to glory and paternal grace of soul

عجباً ما عَجِبْتُ لِلْعاقِدِ الما

لِ ورَيْبُ الزَّمانِ جَمُّ الخُبُولِ

How strange, I'm stunned by one who ties the knot

Yet time breeds qualms, aggregating dullards' role

وَيضِيعُ الذي يَصِيرُ إليهِ

مِنْ شَقاءٍ أَوْ مُلْكِ خُلْدٍ بجيلِ

And loss accrues to whomever fortune

Consigns to misery or eternal reign

أَجْمِلِ العيْشَ إِنَّ رِزْقَكَ آتٍ

لا يَرُدُّ التَّرْقِيحُ شَرْوى فَتِيلِ

Relish living, your daily bread is sure

No cool wind blows out candles lit aglow