سلوتُ الرضاعَ والشبابَ كليهما

سلوتُ الرضاعَ والشبابَ كليهما

فكيف تُراني سالياً ما سواهما

فكيف تُراني سالياً ما سواهما

I have let go of suckling and youth alike;

I bid farewell to nursing and youth altogether,

so how do you think I shall fare in letting go of all else?

So how can you see me shedding tears for anything but them?

وما أحدثَ العصران شيئاً نكرتُهُ

وما أحدثَ العصران شيئاً نكرتُهُ

هما الواهبان الساليان هما هما

هما الواهبان الساليان هما هما

And day and night brought about nothing I found strange.

And I have rejected nothing new that the times have brought,

They are the givers, the ones who forget—they are what they are.

It is they who were the givers, they are the ones I miss!

رأيتُ احتسابَ الأمر قبل وقوعهِ

رأيتُ احتسابَ الأمر قبل وقوعهِ

حمى مُقلتيَّ أن يطولَ بُكاهما

حمى مُقلتيَّ أن يطولَ بُكاهما

I found that anticipating an event before it happened

I saw how to cope with something before it happened,

protected my two eyes from prolonged weeping.

I shielded my eyes so as not to prolong their weeping.