1. تمرض الجود لما اعتادك المرض

    وأصبح الدهر للعلياء يعترض

    Generosity fell sick when illness visited you,

    And Time began to stand in lofty glory’s way.

  2. أضحى قذىً في عيون المكرمات كما

    أمسى يرى وهو في أحشائها مضض

    It became a mote in the eyes of noble deeds, just as

    It came to be seen as pain within their entrails.

  3. مهلاً شقيقة نفس المجد كل أذىً

    بالأمس أبرم عاد اليوم ينتقض

    Gently, O migraine of glory’s soul! Every affliction

    Made firm yesterday is coming undone today.

  4. سهمٌ رمته الليالي وهي غافلةٌ

    فما تمكن حتى فله الغرض

    An arrow the nights shot while heedless—

    It had scarcely lodged before the target blunted it.