لقد صرعتني خلفةُ الدَّهرِ صَرعةً

لقد صرعتني خلفةُ الدَّهرِ صَرعةً

تَيَقَّنتُ أَنَّي لستُ منها بمنتعش

تَيَقَّنتُ أَنَّي لستُ منها بمنتعش

The vicissitudes of time have struck me a crushing blow;

Indeed, time's reversals have brought me down with such a fall

I know for certain I shall never recover from it.

That I became certain I would not recover from it.

وأنذرني عِقدُ الثمانينَ بالبلَى

وأنذرني عِقدُ الثمانينَ بالبلَى

فها هي أعضائي من الضَّعفِ ترتعش

فها هي أعضائي من الضَّعفِ ترتعش

My reaching eighty has warned me of decay,

And the eighty-year mark has warned me of decay;

and now my limbs are trembling with weakness.

So here are my limbs, trembling from weakness.

وقد علمَت ذاتُ الوِشاحَينِ أَنَّني

وقد علمَت ذاتُ الوِشاحَينِ أَنَّني

سَئِمتُ تكاليفَ الحياةِ ومن يَعش

سَئِمتُ تكاليفَ الحياةِ ومن يَعش

The lady of the two sashes has come to know that I

And the lady of the two sashes has learned that I

have wearied of life’s burdens—and whoever lives on...

Have grown weary of life's burdens—and whoever lives...