تقدم الأجل المحتومُ لي وخطا

تقدم الأجل المحتومُ لي وخطا

وكيف لا ومشيب الرأس قد وخطا

وكيف لا ومشيب الرأس قد وخطا

My inevitable end has drawn near and stepped forward.

The inevitable fate advances toward me step by step

And how could it not, when gray hair has already streaked my head?

And how could it not when the gray hair has marked

بدا فأي خطا يسعى بها قدمي

بدا فأي خطا يسعى بها قدمي

إلى ارتكاب ضلال واتباع خطا

إلى ارتكاب ضلال واتباع خطا

It has appeared—so with what steps does my foot hasten

My head has begun to show it so which misstep will my feet now take

To commit wrongdoing and follow error?

To fall into misguidance and follow the wrong path