إذا ما خَفَفْتُ كَعَهْدِ الصِّبا

أَبَتْ ذَلِكَ الْخَمْسُ والأَرْبَعونا

When I lighten up, as in the days of youth,

Forty five refuses that,

وَما ثَقُلَتْ كِبَراً وَطْأَتي

وَلَكِنْ أجُرُّ وَرائي السِّنينا

My weight has not become heavy with old age,

But I drag behind me the years.