1. جاء المشيب وقد لاحت بيارقه

    ونضوُ موتي على حَدوِ البِلَى رقصا

    Gray hair has come, its banners already appearing;

    and my death’s worn-out mount danced to decay’s chant.

  2. كم غافلٍ بات في الشهْوات مخترصاً

    حتى دعاه الردى لبّاه محتَرِصا

    How many a heedless man spent the night amid lusts, fabricating falsehoods,

    until death called him, and he answered eagerly.