أيا قاطعِاً للوَصلِ بَيني وبينَهُ

أيا قاطعِاً للوَصلِ بَيني وبينَهُ

بِلا عِلَّةٍ مِنَّي عَرَفْتُ ولا سَبَبْ

بِلا عِلَّةٍ مِنَّي عَرَفْتُ ولا سَبَبْ

O you who sever the bond between me and him,

O you who severed the bond between me and him

With no cause on my part that I knew of, nor any reason;

Without cause from me, as I knew, or reason,

ويا ناقِضاً عَهداً حسِبتُ بأَنَّهُ

ويا ناقِضاً عَهداً حسِبتُ بأَنَّهُ

مُمِرُّ على مَرِّ الدَّوائرِ والحِقَبْ

مُمِرُّ على مَرِّ الدَّوائرِ والحِقَبْ

And O you who break a covenant I thought

And O you who broke a pact I thought would be

Would remain firmly bound through the passing of fortune's reversals and ages.

Passing, like the orbits of days and epochs!

أعِندَكِ أنْ تَغتَرَّ بالدَّهرِ إنَّه

أعِندَكِ أنْ تَغتَرَّ بالدَّهرِ إنَّه

حَرونٌ وفي أيَّامِهِ للفَتى نَصَبْ

حَرونٌ وفي أيَّامِهِ للفَتى نَصَبْ

Would you be beguiled by time? Indeed, it is

Do you think you can be deluded by fate?

Restive, and in its days there is hardship for a young man.

It is treacherous; in its days are woes for the youth.