قلب كفاه من الصبابة أنه

لبى دعاء الظاعنين وما دعي

My heart has had enough of youth, for it

Answered the call of the blamers, though not called,

ومن الظنون الفاسدات توهمي

بعد اليقين بقاءه في أضلعي

And from corrupt suspicions was my imagining

After certainty, of its remaining in my ribs