أَعَاذِلٌ إِنَّهُ مالٌ طَرِيفٌ

أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ مالٍ تَلادِ

A lover, he is such amusing wealth,

Dearer to me than inherited riches.

أَعَاذِلَ إِنَّما أَفْنَى شَبابِي

وَأَقرَحَ عاتِقِي حَمْلُ النِّجادِ

My lover only wasted my youth away

And saddled my shoulders with the load of hardship.