1. أَودى الشَبابُ وَحُبُّ الخالَةِ الخَلَبَة

    وَقَد بَرِئتُ فَما بِالصَدرِ مِن قَلَبَه

    Youth and love for the proud, beguiling woman are gone.

    And I have recovered; no ailment remains in my breast.

  2. وَقَد تَثَلَّمَ أَنيابي وَأَدرَكَني

    قَرنق عَلَيَّ شَديدٌ فاحِشُ الغَلبَة

    And my fangs have become chipped, and I have been overtaken

    By an adversary fierce against me, crushing in his dominance.

  3. وَقَد رَمى بِسُراهِ الدَهرِ مُعتَمِداً

    في المَنكِبَينِ وَفي الساقَينِ وَالرَقَبَة

    And Time has deliberately shot his arrows

    Into both shoulders, both shins, and the neck.