أرى الناسَ من لَيلاكَ سَقما وَقُربها

حياءَ كما الغَيث الَّذي انتَ ناظِرُه

I see the people sick from your absence, and their nearness

Is like shyness, as the thirsty awaiting rain.

وَلَو سَأَلتَ لِلنّاسِ يَوماً بِوَجهِها

سَحاب الثُريّا لاِستَهَلت مَواطره

If you asked the thundering clouds for people one day,

They would pour down their overflowing showers.

وَمن يَبق مالاً عدة وَصِيانَه

فَلا الدَهر مبقيه وَلا الشح وافِرُه

He who keeps property and defends it from loss

Neither time will keep it, nor excessive stinginess.

وَمن يَكُ ذا عظم صَليب رجا بِهِ

لِيَكسِرَ عود الدَهر فَالدَهر كاسِرُه

And he who bears the great cross of hope

To break the rod of fate, fate will break him.