1. ويلي على من لم يُطِقْ

    خَصْرَاه حَمْلَ روادِفِهْ

    Woe is me for him: too weak

    are his two flanks to bear the weight of his buttocks.

  2. وشكَتْ شقائقُ وَجْنَتَيْ

    هِ إليه حَمْلَ سوالفه

    And the anemones of his cheeks complained

    to him of the burden of his sidelocks.

  3. رَشَأٌ إذا لبِس المطا

    رِفِ ذابَ بين مطارِفِهْ

    A young gazelle: when he dons fine cloaks,

    he melts away amid his cloaks.

  4. وإذا تضاعف لحظه

    فالموت حشو تضاعُفِه

    And when his glance redoubles,

    death fills its redoubling.