وَما كُنتُ راضٍ مِن زَماني بِما تَرى

وَما كُنتُ راضٍ مِن زَماني بِما تَرى

وَلَكِنَّني راضٍ بِما حَكَمَ الدَهرُ

وَلَكِنَّني راضٍ بِما حَكَمَ الدَهرُ

And I was not content with what you see of my time.

And I was not pleased with my time as you saw

Yet I am content with what Time has decreed.

But I am pleased with what fate has ruled

فَإِن كانَت الأَيّامُ خانَت عُهودَنا

فَإِن كانَت الأَيّامُ خانَت عُهودَنا

فَإِنّي بِها راضٍ وَلَكِنَّها قَهرُ

فَإِنّي بِها راضٍ وَلَكِنَّها قَهرُ

So if the days have betrayed our pledges,

If the days have betrayed our covenants

then I am content with them, yet they are oppressive.

Then I am pleased with it but it is tyranny