رق الزمان لفاقتي

رق الزمان لفاقتي

ورثى لطول تحرقي

ورثى لطول تحرقي

Time grew tender toward my poverty,

Time has been gentle with my plight

And pitied my long burning anguish;

And grieved at the length of my burning

وأنالني ما ارتجي

وأنالني ما ارتجي

وأجاد مما أتقي

وأجاد مما أتقي

And granted me what I hope for,

I have been given what I hoped for

And gave generously of what I fear.

And excelled at what I feared

فلا صفحن عما آتاه

فلا صفحن عما آتاه

من الذنوب السبق

من الذنوب السبق

So I shall surely forgive what it bestowed

So I will not overlook what he has brought me

Of bygone sins,

Of sins gone by

حتى جنايته بما

حتى جنايته بما

فعل المشيب بمفرقي

فعل المشيب بمفرقي

Even its offense in what

Until his crime in what

Gray hair has done to the parting of my hair.

Old age has done to my temples