إِذا ما الدَهرُ أَبعَدَ أَو تَقَضّى

إِذا ما الدَهرُ أَبعَدَ أَو تَقَضّى

رِجالَ المَرءِ أَوشَكَ أَن يُضاما

رِجالَ المَرءِ أَوشَكَ أَن يُضاما

If ever time drives away or destroys

When fate has swept away man's friends

a man's men, he is on the verge of being wronged.

Or fate is nigh to claim one's soul