أُخِذتُ مِنَ المُدامَةِ وَالتَصابي

وَعَرّاني المَشيبُ مِنَ الشَبابِ

I was taken from wine and revelry,

And old age stripped me of youth.

وَقَد كانَ الشَبابُ سُطورَ حُسني

فَمَحَّيتُ السُطورَ مِنَ الكِتابِ

My youth was written lines of beauty,

So I erased those lines from the book.