ياصَخرُ مَن لِحَوادِثِ الدَهرِ

ياصَخرُ مَن لِحَوادِثِ الدَهرِ

أَم مَن يُسَهِّلُ راكِبَ الوَعرِ

أَم مَن يُسَهِّلُ راكِبَ الوَعرِ

O Ṣakhr, who is there to face the calamities of time?

O Sakhr, who will face the calamities of time?

Or who will make the rugged way easy for its rider?

Or who will ease the way for the rider over rugged terrain?

كُنتَ المُفَرِّجَ ما يَنوبُ فَقَد

كُنتَ المُفَرِّجَ ما يَنوبُ فَقَد

أَصبَحتَ لا تُحلي وَلا تُمري

أَصبَحتَ لا تُحلي وَلا تُمري

You were the dispeller of whatever hardship befell; but now—

You were the one who relieved whatever befell; yet

you have become unable either to sweeten life or make it wholesome.

now you neither sweeten nor embitter.

يُحثى التُرابُ عَلى مَحاسِنِهِ

يُحثى التُرابُ عَلى مَحاسِنِهِ

وَعَلى غَضارَةِ وَجهِهِ النَضرِ

وَعَلى غَضارَةِ وَجهِهِ النَضرِ

Dust is heaped over his beautiful features,

Dust is heaped upon his beautiful features,

and over the fresh bloom of his radiant face.

and upon the freshness of his radiant face.