1. When life has passed the extent of its limit,
The extent of a day that has passed away to it,
١. إذا ما الدهرُ أمضى من مَداهُ
مدى يومٍ مضى منهُ إليهِ
2. And there comes to the youth a day after day,
And what comes to him comes upon him.
٢. ويأتي للفتى يومٌ فيومٌ
وما يأتي لهُ يأتي عليه