ضعفت وقدما كنت جهلا ممارسا

ضعفت وقدما كنت جهلا ممارسا

على عزماتي ف الخطوب هجوم

على عزماتي ف الخطوب هجوم

I have grown weak; once, in my folly, I was a fighter.

I faltered though once so ignorant and bold

For calamities assail my resolves.

Assailing my resolves when faced with woes

زمانة رجل أقعدتني عن السُرى

زمانة رجل أقعدتني عن السُرى

وشيب وفقر إن ذا لعظيم

وشيب وفقر إن ذا لعظيم

A leg's infirmity has kept me from traveling by night,

Age made me sit instead of standing tall

And gray hair and poverty—this is grievous indeed.

Gray hair and poverty are burdens gross

وكل ممر أحكم القين فتله

وكل ممر أحكم القين فتله

تغادره الأيام وهو رميم

تغادره الأيام وهو رميم

And every stout cord whose twist the smith has made secure,

Each mountain pass I tried to traverse

The days leave it rotten and crumbling.

Got harder as time slowly by me goes