لِدَتِي وإخوانُ الشَبابِ مضَوْا

قَبلي وكَم من بعدهم أبْقَى

My peers and companions of youth are gone

Before me, and how many after them remain

كُنّا كأفْراسِ الرّهانِ جَرَوْا

في غَايةٍ فتقدَّمُوا سَبْقَا

We were like racehorses running

To the goal, they went ahead in the race

وهُمُ إذا بلغُوا المدَى وقَفُوا

حتى تَضُمَّ الحلْبَةُ الخَلْقَا

And when they reached the end point, they stopped

Until the arena fills with people