1. She arose complaining, and to me death seemed near,
After seventy years bearing you as a heavy load.
١. قامَت تَشَكّى إِلَيَّ المَوتَ مُجهِشَةً
وَقَد حَمَلتُكِ سَبعاً بَعدَ سَبعينا
2. If three more are added, you will reach a hope,
And in those three is loyalty to the eighty.
٢. فَإِن تُزادي ثَلاثاً تَبلُغي أَمَلاً
وَفي الثَلاثِ وَفاءِ لِلثَمانينا