مَن سابَقَ الدَهرَ كَبا كَبوَةً

مَن سابَقَ الدَهرَ كَبا كَبوَةً

لَم يَستَقِلها مِن خُطى الدَهرِ

لَم يَستَقِلها مِن خُطى الدَهرِ

Whoever races against Time suffers a fall

He who races too fast ahead of fate

From which he cannot recover, owing to Time's strides.

Will not escape its steady gait

فَاِخطُ مَعَ الدَهرِ عَلى ما خَطى

فَاِخطُ مَعَ الدَهرِ عَلى ما خَطى

وَاجرِ مَعَ الدَهرِ كَما يَجري

وَاجرِ مَعَ الدَهرِ كَما يَجري

So step with Time as it steps,

So move apace with fate's decree

And run with Time as it runs.

And flow as time's own current be

لَيسَ لِمَن لَيسَت لَهُ حيلَةٌ

لَيسَ لِمَن لَيسَت لَهُ حيلَةٌ

مَوجودَةٌ خَيرٌ مِنَ الصَبرِ

مَوجودَةٌ خَيرٌ مِنَ الصَبرِ

There is, for one who has no means

For he with no recourse can but bide

At hand, nothing better than patience.

Endurance is his only guide

ما أَسرَعَ الأَيامَ في الشَهرِ

ما أَسرَعَ الأَيامَ في الشَهرِ

وَأَسرَعَ الأَشهُرَ في العُمرِ

وَأَسرَعَ الأَشهُرَ في العُمرِ

How swiftly the days pass in a month,

How fast the days slip by each month

And how swiftly the months pass in a lifetime!

The months slip faster from our youth