1. من ذا الذي لا يُذِلُّ الدهرُ صعبَتَهُ

    ولا تُلينُ يدُ الأيامِ صَعْدَتَهُ

    Who is there whose unruly mount Time does not subdue,

    and whose spear the hand of days does not soften?

  2. أما ترى خَلَفاً شيخَ الملوكِ غَدا

    مملوكَ من فَتَح العذراءَ بلدتَهُ

    Do you not see that Khalaf, elder of kings, has become

    the slave of him who conquered the virgin—his city?

  3. قد كانَ بالأمسِ مَلكاً لا نظيرَ لهُ

    فاليومَ في الأسْرِ لا ينتاشُ أُسرتَهُ

    Only yesterday he was a king without equal;

    and today, in captivity, he cannot rescue his family.