وَلَمّا عَلَتني كَبرَة وَتَوَزَّعَت

لِداتي مَناياهُم وَأوحش جانِبي

When old age overcame me and scattered

My companions to their final resting places leaving me in solitude

تَفَرّق إِخواني فَريقَين مِنهُم

عَتادُ عَدوّ أَو عَتادُ النّوائِب

My brothers were divided into two groups

Some accustomed to enemies, some to misfortunes

وَأَنحى عَلَيّ الدَّهرُ حَتّى رَأَيتني

مُسالِمَ أَعدائي وَنُهزَة صاحِبي

And time inclined upon me until I saw myself

Appeasing my enemies and forsaken by my friends