1. عَجِبتُ لِلظَبي بانَت عَنهُ صاحِبَةٌ

    لاقَت جُنودَ مَنايا لا تُناخيها

    I marveled at the gazelle whose mate had departed from him.

    She met the hosts of death, unable to contend with them.

  2. فَاِرتاعَ يَوماً وَيَوماً ثُمَّ ثالِثَةً

    وَمالَ بَعدُ إِلى أُخرى يُواخيها

    So he was distraught for a day, and another, then a third,

    And afterward he turned to another, making her his companion.

  3. ما شَدَّ صَرفُ زَمانٍ عِقدَةً لِأَذىً

    إِلّا وَمَرُّ لَياليهِ يُراخيها

    Time's vicissitudes have never tightened a knot of suffering

    Without the passing of its nights loosening it.