1. ما أَغفَلَ الناسَ وَالخُطوبُ بِهِم

    في خَبَبٍ مَرَّةً وَفي عَنَقِ

    How heedless people are, while calamities carry them along,

    now at a trot, now at an easy pace!

  2. وَفي فَناءِ المُلوكِ مُعتَبَرٌ

    كَفى بِهِ حُجَّةً عَلى السَوقِ

    And in the death of kings there is a lesson;

    it is proof enough against the common folk.