ما زلتُ في غِبطةِ عِيشى عالِماً

أن سيزولُ بالهمومِ ما غَبَطْ

I'm still blissful in my life though I know

That worries will make this bliss go

وأَنّ صرْفَ الدَّهرِ يأتي بالّذي

ساء اعتماداً وبما سَرَّ غَلَطْ

And time's turns will bring what's been

Bad though relied on, and what's pleased is wrong

بينا الفَتى تعلو به جُدودُهُ

إذْ أسلَمَتْهُ للرّزايا فَهَبَطْ

While a lad, his ancestry exalts him

But adversities make him sink low

حتّى يرِقَّ حاسدٌ لحالهِ

مِن بعدِ ما نافَسَ فيها وغَبَطْ

Until enviers pity his state

After competing and coveting so