حَنتي حانِياتُ الدَّهر حَتَّى
كأَنِّي خاتِلٌ يَدنُو لِصَيدِ
Time's bending afflictions have bowed me, until
I seem a stealthy hunter drawing near to prey.
قَريبُ الخَطوِ يَحَسبُ مَن رآني
ولَستُ مُقَيَّداً أَنَّى بِقَيدِ
Short of stride, whoever sees me thinks—
though I am not fettered—that I am in chains.
Sol 6.1