تَقولُ أَراهُ واحِداً طاحَ أَهلُهُ

يُؤَمِّلُهُ في الوارِثينَ الأَباعِدُ

You say you see a man whose family has perished

He hopes for distant heirs

فَإِنّي عَسى أَن تُبصِريني كَأَنَّما

بُنَيَّ حَوالَيَّ الأُسودُ اللَوابِدُ

As if you show me

The remains of a ruined house inhabited by hyenas

فَإِنَّ تَميماً قَبلَ أَن تَلِدَ الحَصى

أَقامَ زَماناً وَهوَ في الناسِ واحِدُ

For Tammim before the stones were born

Lived an age as the only one among men