1. Each day a mission from fate at our door,
Steps over the world and steps up to our lives.
١. كل يوم لنا من الدهر خطبٌ
يتخطّى الورى ويخطو إلينا
2. Would that we were blind to our days of joy
As the days of our misery, each comes and goes.
٢. ليت نُعمى أيّامنا مثل
بؤساها فيومٌ لنا ويومٌ علينا