1. مراتبُ الدهر بأتعاسِه

    تغصّصُ الحرّ بأنفاسه

    The stages of time, with its misfortunes,

    Make the noble man choke on his own breaths.

  2. لم يبق من مكروهه غصّةٌ

    إلا سقانيها ومن باسه

    No choking pang from its afflictions remained

    That it did not make me drink—nor any from its harshness.