كَم وارِثٍ غَضِّ الشَبابِ رَمَيتِهِ

بِغَرامِ راقِصَةٍ وَحُبِّ هَلوكِ

How many a youth in the prime of his life

Have you struck down with love of a dancing girl,

أَلبَستِهِ الثَوبَينِ في حالَيهِما

تيهَ الغَنِيِّ وَذِلَّةِ المَفلوكِ

Clothing him in rags and tatters,

Wandering lost, humbled and broken.