1. Your life demands back what it once gave
And troubled your life after clearness
١. تقاضاكَ دَهْرُك ما أَسْلَفا
وكدَّر عَيْشَكَ بعد الصَّفا
2. So do not wonder, for time
Is pledged to sunder what it once joined
٢. فَلا تَعْجَبنَّ فإِنَّ الزَمانَ
رَهِينٌ بِتَفْريقِ ما أَلَّفا