1. تَنَسَّكتَ بَعدَ الأَربَعينَ ضَرورَةً

    وَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا أَن تَقومَ الصَوارِخُ

    You took to asceticism after forty, out of necessity,

    And nothing remained but for the wailing women to rise.

  2. فَكَيفَ تُرَجّي أَن تُثابَ وَإِنَّما

    يَرى الناسُ فَضلَ النُسكِ وَالمَرءُ شارِخُ

    So how do you hope to be rewarded, when

    People see merit in asceticism only while a man is in his youthful prime?