حتى كأَنَّ الدَّهْرَ حَيَّرني به

حتى كأَنَّ الدَّهْرَ حَيَّرني به

في مثلِ ما أَهواهُ أَو منَّاني

في مثلِ ما أَهواهُ أَو منَّاني

Until it seemed that Time had bewildered me through him,

As if time itself had confused me with it,

With things like those I desire—or had filled me with hopes.

In the likes of what I desired or what gifted me,

فطلبتُ فوق مُنايَ لا ستعجازِهِ

فطلبتُ فوق مُنايَ لا ستعجازِهِ

فأَتى بمعجِزَةٍ مِنَ المَنَّانِ

فأَتى بمعجِزَةٍ مِنَ المَنَّانِ

So I asked beyond my wishes, to prove him incapable;

So I sought above my bedrest no eloquence for it,

Then he came with a miracle from the Bestower.

And it came with a miracle from the Bestower.