كَمhow much يُثبِتُestablishes دَهرُناour age وَكَمand how much قَدindeed ينفيbanishes
كَم يُثبِتُ دَهرُنا وَكَم قَد ينفي
لاnot يُمتِعُgrants lasting enjoyment بالأذنِof the ear وَلاnor بِالشَنفِof the earring
لا يُمتِعُ بالأذنِ وَلا بِالشَنفِ
How much our age establishes, and how much it banishes!
It grants lasting enjoyment of neither ear nor earring.
كَمhow many عاقِدِone who binds on تاجٍa crown ظَهَرَتbecame manifest شَوكَتُهُhis might (literally, his thorn)
كَم عاقِدِ تاجٍ ظَهَرَت شَوكَتُهُ
كالوَردِlike the rose طَوىhe rolled up البساطَthe carpet حَتفَdeath الأنفِthe nose (the phrase means natural death)
كالوَردِ طَوى البساطَ حَتفَ الأنفِ
How many a crown-wearer, whose might had shown itself,
Like the rose, has rolled up the carpet, dying a natural death!
Translation model: Sol 6.1