فهذا لهذا ولما رأيت

أن ليس عن رحلة مزحلُ

For this is for that, and when I saw

A journey was no longer underway

وجاء حوادث في مثلها

يقال لمثلي ويهاً فُلُ

And events came about in the like of it

It is said to the likes of me: woe, so-and-so!

جعلت المطي دواء الهموم

وذو الطب يعلم ما يجعلُ

I made the riding animal a cure for worries

And the one with experience knows what he prescribes

أجدوا النِّعالَ بأقدامكم

أجِدوا فَويهاً لكم جَرْوَلْ

Make the slippers suit your feet

Make what suits you, for you have freedom