رَأَيْتُ بَني الدُّنيا وَحَاشَاكَ أَصْبَحُوا

وَلمْ يُجرِ مِنهُمْ لِلنَّدِى أَحَدٌ ذِكْرا

I saw the people of this world, and far from you be their mention, they have become

None among them makes any mention of the dew.

تُرِيني وُجُوهاً لَمْ تَنلْهَا مَعَاوِلي

فَقَدْتُ وُجُوهاً أَسْتَلِينُ بِها الصَّخْرا

You show me faces untouched by my pickaxes.

But I have lost faces with which I could split rock.