1. قَد ظَنَ أَنَّهُ عَظيم

    صارَ كَما تَرىعِظاما

    He had thought that he was great.

    He became, as you see, bones.

  2. وَقَد رَأى ماجد كَريم

    وَالدهُ لَيلُهُ مَلاما

    And a noble, generous man saw

    His father—his night a reproach.

  3. وَقالَ يَفقد بَعدَ حين

    في عام أَرختهُ غُلاما

    And he said he would lose after a while,

    In a year I dated with “a boy.”