1. The times have always dealt
Unending wounds upon me.
١. أَمّا الزَّمانُ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُنْحِي
أَبَداً عَلَيَّ بِمؤْلِمِ الْجُرْحِ
2. Yet if the times were lenient
Regarding what I wished they would be lenient about,
٢. فَلَئِنْ نَوائِبُهُ سَمَحْنَ عَلَى
ما كانَ مِنُْه بِماجِدٍ سَمْحِ
3. I will praise the hand that opened
The door of hope to my father of conquest.
٣. فَلأَثْنِيَنَّ عَلَى يَدٍ فَتَحَتْ
بابَ الرَّجاءِ إِلى أَبِي الْفَتْحِ