1. يا مالِ إِحدى صُروفِ الدَهرِ قَد طَرَقَت

    يا مالِ ما أَنتُمُ عَنها بِنُزّاحِ

    O Māl, one of time’s calamities has come by night.

    O Māl, you are not far removed from it.

  2. يا مالِ جاءَت حِياضَ المَوتِ وارِدَةً

    مِن بَينِ غَمرٍ فَخُضناهُ وَضَحضاحِ

    O Māl, it has come to drink at the pools of death,

    From amid deep water, which we then waded through, and shallows.