لَيسَ لِلمَرءِ عُصرَةٌ مِن وَقَاعِ الدَّ

لَيسَ لِلمَرءِ عُصرَةٌ مِن وَقَاعِ الدَّ

هرِ تُغني عَنهُ سَنَامُ عَنَاقِ

هرِ تُغني عَنهُ سَنَامُ عَنَاقِ

No man has a refuge from the blows of

Man has no refuge from the ravages of time,

time; ʿAnāq's summit cannot protect him.

No shelter from its storms can last.

قَد تَبَيَّنتُ في الخُطُوبِ الَّتي

قَد تَبَيَّنتُ في الخُطُوبِ الَّتي

قَبلي فما بَعدها إلَى اليَومِ باقي

قَبلي فما بَعدها إلَى اليَومِ باقي

I have pondered the calamities that

I've seen what happened to people before me,

preceded me: after them, none remains to this day.

And all that comes after will also pass.

وأَرَى الشَّاهِقَ المُدِلَّ بهِ الأَر

وأَرَى الشَّاهِقَ المُدِلَّ بهِ الأَر

وَى دُوَينَ السَّحابِ وَعرَ الَمراقي

وَى دُوَينَ السَّحابِ وَعرَ الَمراقي

And I see the lofty peak, the pride of the mountain

I watch the lofty mountain, worn away,

goats, just beneath the clouds, rugged in ascent;

Collapsing under clouds and wind and rain.

وَدِلاَلُ العَزيزِ بالَجمعِ ذي الأَر

وَدِلاَلُ العَزيزِ بالَجمعِ ذي الأَر

كانِ كُلاٍّ مَعاذُهُ غَيرُ واقي

كانِ كُلاٍّ مَعاذُهُ غَيرُ واقي

and the mighty man's pride in his host with its

The proud are humbled, their glories fade,

pillars: each one's refuge affords no protection.

Fortune betrays them, joy turns to pain.

لا يُعرِّي رَيبُ الَمنُونِ ذَوي العَي

لا يُعرِّي رَيبُ الَمنُونِ ذَوي العَي

شِ ولا مِن حَياتهِ بِرِمَاق

شِ ولا مِن حَياتهِ بِرِمَاق

Death's vicissitudes spare neither those enjoying

Fate strips away all we own and love,

life nor one whose life is but a last breath.

Our lives flicker out like guttering flames.

كُلُّ حَيٍّ تَقُودُهُ كَفُ هَادٍ

كُلُّ حَيٍّ تَقُودُهُ كَفُ هَادٍ

جِنَّ عَينٍ يُغشيهِ ما هُوَ لاقي

جِنَّ عَينٍ يُغشيهِ ما هُوَ لاقي

Every living being is led by the hand of a guide,

Each living soul is guided by the hand

hidden from sight, who brings him to what he must meet.

Of one whose eyes are blind to what they see.