بلاني الدهرُ بكلِّ همهِ

فصرت غير جازع لحكمه

Time afflicted me with all its worries,

So I became indifferent to its rule.

وصاَر معنى الهمِّ عندي كاسمهِ

وهمةُ المرء تُرى في حزمهِ

The meaning of worry became to me like its name,

And a man's resolve is seen through his composure.

والدهرُ إن مسَّ سوايَ يدمهِ

لكنَ في جسمي وقعَ سهمهِ

If time touched my equilibrium it would be hurt,

But in my body fell its arrow.

كعضةِ الصبي كفَّ أُمهِ

Like a child's bite soothed by his mother's palm.