سَلَوْتُ شَبابي والرّضاعَ كليهما

سَلَوْتُ شَبابي والرّضاعَ كليهما

فكيف تُراني سالياً ما سِواهُما

فكيف تُراني سالياً ما سِواهُما

I have ceased to yearn for both my youth and my days at the breast;

I have lost my youth and all of its suckling,

How, then, do you think I fare in letting go of all else?

So how can you see me asking except for them both.

وما أحدثَ العَصْران شيئاً نكرْتُه

وما أحدثَ العَصْران شيئاً نكرْتُه

هما الواهبان السالبان هما هُما

هما الواهبان السالبان هما هُما

Night and day have brought about nothing I found strange;

Time has brought nothing which I refuse,

They are the givers and the takers; they are what they are.

It is they who give and take away, they are it.

رأيت احتسابَ الأمرِ قبل وقوعه

رأيت احتسابَ الأمرِ قبل وقوعه

حَمَى مُقْلَتَيَّ أنْ يطولَ بُكَاهُما

حَمَى مُقْلَتَيَّ أنْ يطولَ بُكَاهُما

I found that anticipating an event before its occurrence

I saw to consider the matter before its occurrence,

Kept my two eyes from prolonged weeping.

To spare my eyes from prolonged weeping for them.