اِصبِر لِدَهرٍ نالَ مِن

اِصبِر لِدَهرٍ نالَ مِن

كَ فَهَكَذا مَضَتِ الدُهورُ

كَ فَهَكَذا مَضَتِ الدُهورُ

Be patient with an age that has taken its toll on

Be patient with time that has passed

you, for thus have the ages passed:

And it is thus that ages have rolled along

فَرَحٌ وَحُزنٌ مَرَّةً

فَرَحٌ وَحُزنٌ مَرَّةً

لا الحُزنُ دامَ وَلا السُرورُ

لا الحُزنُ دامَ وَلا السُرورُ

Joy and sorrow, each in turn;

Joy and sorrow come in turn

Neither sorrow nor happiness endures.

Neither does sorrow last nor mirth endure