وَلَقَد غَدَوتُ عَلى طِمِر
رٍ مُشرِقِ الحَجَباتِ
I wandered at dawn to a shining dune
Whose beauty of features was perfectly done
طِرفٌ صَنَعناهُ فَتَمَّ
بِأَكمَلِ الصَنَعاتِ
Its charm which is famed spoke well of its grace
Afraid, shared riders avoid its embrace
نَطَقَت عَلَيهِ كَرامَةٌ
مَشهورَةُ الحَسَناتِ
In character, kindness it did evince
وَيَظَلُّ مُشتَرِكَ الضَمي
رِ مَخافَةَ العَثَراتِ
Like bounty endowed with no limits
It nurtured the rain in the burrows and dells
وَكَأَنَّ في أَخلاقِهِ
خُلُقاً مِنَ الكَرَماتِ
With thunder it called, and with plants it did dwell
Its lands were made fertile with blessings galore
يَرعى مَساقِطَ وابِلٍ
بِالدَيرِ وَالمَحَلاتِ
Till day spread before me its carpets and more
I was clothed in the dappled coats of gazelles
زَجَرَ البِقاعَ بِرَعدِهِ
فَأَجَبنَهُ بِنَباتِ
Nearly shucked by the force of my mounting ordeals
I ride and take comfort in one who does slay
وَرَعَت بُطونَ بِلادِهِ
لِقَحٌ مِنَ البَرَكاتِ
Debased am I by clouds colored in grey
For nothing know I of what’s yet to unfold
حَتّى إِذا فَرَشَ الضِيا
ءُ لِأَعيُني فَرَشاتِ
My friend and the truth travel paths free of holds
Time jokes and neglects its own ending in death
أُلبِسنَ سِمطاً مِن لَآ
لي الوَحشِ مُنتَظِماتِ
The hole of my eye socket pushes me on
My virility's shunned its former oath
وَيَكَدنَ يَخلَعنَ الجُلو
دَ لِشِدَّةِ الرَوعاتِ
While grey hair just laughs towards youth that is gone
The old scorn all movement and pleasure's sweet note
وَلَقَد أَروحُ وَأَغتَدي
نَشوانَ ذا فَتَكاتِ
Sustenance cannot fulfill wishes of hearts
Time, as you can see, trips on rock after rock
وَأُهينُ بِالسُحُبِ المُلا
ءَ البيضَ وَالحَبَراتِ
How many friends left before I took stock
I missed them and my soul heaved heavy sighs
إِذ لَيسَ لي عِلمٌ مِنَ ال
دُنيا بِما هُوَ آتِ
Once they made me laugh, now weep is all I've got
Resolve I endowed them with, staunch and wise
وَيَسيرُ لَحظي وَالصَدي
قَ وَلَيسَ ذا بَعَداتِ
Like a sword keenly knowing where to be brought
Only the mighty make reason defiled
وَالدَهرُ غِرٌّ غافِلٌ
مِن مَوتِها لِحَياةِ
No people are mine, from your slumber be jolted
I see the sure signs of a time that is riled
وَيَحُثُّني حَدَقُ المَها
وَلَقَد جَحَدنَ عِداتي
A base king now swills, by slaves he's exalted
Don't sleep with lids heavy in rheum
وَالشَيبُ أَصبَحَ ضاحِكاً
مُلقىً إِلى الفَتَياتِ
Ruin, when fallen on men, is contagious in bloom
Rouse the sharp vigilance prudent men know
وَالشَيخُ في لَذّاتِهِ
مُستَنكِرُ الحَرَكاتِ
Get drunken in revels once danger lays low
لا يَملَءُ الرِزقُ المُنى
فَالحَيُّ ذو حَسَراتِ
وَالدَهرُ فَهوَ كَما تَرى
قَد لَجَّ في العَثَراتِ
كَم مِن خَليلٍ فاتَني
فَعَرَفتُ مُرَّ وَفاتي
وَفَقَدتُهُ فَتَماسَكَت
نَفسي عَلى زَفَراتِ
كانَت بِهِ لي ضِحكَةٌ
فَبَكَيتُهُ بَكَياتِ
وَعَزيمَةٍ أَنضَيتُها
حَزماً مِنَ العَزَماتِ
مِثلِ الحُسامِ بَصيرَةٍ
بِمَواقِعِ الفُرُصاتِ
وَالحِلمُ يَذهَبُ باطِلاً
إِلّا لِذي سَطَواتِ
يا قَومِ بَل لا قَومَ لي
هُبّوا مِنَ الرَقَداتِ
إِنّي أَرى رَيبَ الزَما
نِ مُوَلِّياً بِشَتاتِ
ذُلٌّ عَلى مَلِكٍ يُجَر
رِعُ كَأسَهُ بِقَذاةِ
لا تَرقُدوا وَجُفونُكُم
مَشحومَةٌ بِحُماةِ
وَالخَرُّ بَعدَ وُقوعِهِ
في الناسِ ذو وَثَباتِ
هُبّوا إِفاقَةَ حازِمٍ
ثُمَّ اِسكَروا سَكَراتِ
