وَيلُمِّ لَذّاتِ الشَبابِ مَعيشَةً

مَعَ الكُثرِ يُعطاهُ الفَتى المُتلِفُ النَدي

Woe to the pleasures of youth as a livelihood

Along with abundance, the carefree young man is given

وَقَد يَعقِلُ القُلُّ الفَتى دونَ هَمَّهِ

وَقَد كانَ لَولا القُلُّ طَلّاعَ أَنجُدِ

And the heart may make the young man reasonable without his worry

And without the heart he would have been a daring scout

وَقَد أَقطَعُ الخَرقَ المَخوفَ بِهِ الرَدى

بِعَنسٍ كَجَفنِ الفارِسِيِّ المُسَرَّدِ

And I have cut through the terrifying tear with it torn apart

With a spear like the eyelid of the fully armed Persian

كَأَنَّ ذِراعَيها عَلى الخَلِّ بَعدَما

وَنينَ ذِراعا ماتِحٍ مُتَجَرِّدِ

As if its arms upon the mole were, after

The wailing of the arms of an undressed warrior