1. This is the time for its fruits,
So be joyous with the cup of fruits.
١. هذا أوانُ ثِمارِ لَه
وِكَ فَاجْنِ بالكاسِ الثِّمارا
2. For small things are small,
So cover over the big sins and the big ones.
٢. إنَّ الصِّغارَ صغيرةٌ
فاغْشَ الكبائرَ والكِبارا
3. The world has journeyed for us and how much
It has shed its beautiful veils.
٣. سفَرتْ لنا الدُّنيا وكَم
ألقَت محاسِنُها الخِمارا
4. And I saw its narcissus upon
Its soft lips an borrowed finery.
٤. ورأيتُ نَرجِسَها على
لَبَّاتِها حَلْياً مُعارا
5. If it stayed, it stayed with it proudly
Encamping or travelled travelled nobly.
٥. إن حَلَّ حلَّ به السُّرو
ر مُخيِّماً أو سارَ سارا
6. It was not as it was before as if
It were a sickness of the eyes it followed.
٦. ما كانَ قبلُ كأنَّه
مَرَضُ العيونِ لها شِعارا
7. But it has become sickened by it
So they sickened with humiliation and brokenness.
٧. لكنَّه أزرَى بها
فَمَرِضْنَ ذُلاً وانكسارا