1. لمت الغواني في العدو

    ل إلى الشباب ملام عاذل

    I reproached the fair women for turning

    to young men, with a reprover's rebuke.

  2. وأريتهنّ الفضل في

    وصل الأشايب بالدلائل

    And I showed them the merit in

    loving gray-haired men, citing proofs.

  3. وقصدت صاحبتي التي

    نظرت إليّ بعين باخل

    And I sought out my beloved, who

    looked at me with a miser's eye.

  4. ذكرتها العهد القدي

    م على الغدايا والأصائل

    I reminded her of the old pledge,

    in the mornings and late afternoons.

  5. قالت وصلتك ناشئا

    وقناع رأسك غير حائل

    She said, 'I loved you when you were young,

    and your head's covering had not yet changed color.'

  6. وتمثلت بالورد في

    أيام مقدمه الأوائل

    And she took the rose as her example in

    the earliest days of its arrival.

  7. والورد يجعل في الأنو

    ف وفي المحاسد والغلائل

    And the rose is put to the nose,

    and in cushions and fine undergarments.

  8. وإذا أفاض إلى الذبو

    ل ذوى فألقيَ في المزابل

    And when it passes into withering,

    it wilts, then is thrown into the rubbish heaps.