مِنْكانَةُ الرّملِ فيها عِبْرَةٌ ونُهى

وشاهِدٌ أنّ كُلآً مُنْقَضٍ كَمدى

From the abode of sand a lesson in transience we draw

A witness that all things decay with time's ebb and flow

لُبابُ عُمْرِ الفَتى يجْري بجِزْيَتِها

كأنّما العُمْرُ لمّا أُطْلِقَتْ قُصِدا

The spring of youth's span flows apace unfurled

As though life hastens to its end once in this world