يعزّ علينا أن يقصر بالعلا

زمان وما زال الزمان يقصر

It grieves us that time has grown short at the height

While time continues to shorten

عجبت لدهر غضّ منك شفاهةً

لقد غضّ من طرف به كان ينظر

I wonder at a fate whose lips have grown stern

That has made stern the gaze with which it would look