فَلا تُمكِنِ الأَيّامَ مِن أَن تَمَسّني

فَلا تُمكِنِ الأَيّامَ مِن أَن تَمَسّني

فَمَهما تَمَسَّ الحُرَّ تَمسَسهُ بِالضُرِّ

فَمَهما تَمَسَّ الحُرَّ تَمسَسهُ بِالضُرِّ

So do not allow the days to touch me,

So let not the days be able to touch me,

For whenever they touch a noble man, they touch him with harm.

For no matter how often the free man is touched by harm,

وَأَنتَ بِحَمدِ اللَهِ أَعدَلُ حاكِمٍ

وَأَنتَ بِحَمدِ اللَهِ أَعدَلُ حاكِمٍ

فَلا تَرفَعَنَّ الحَجرَ عَن سَفَهِ الدَهرِ

فَلا تَرفَعَنَّ الحَجرَ عَن سَفَهِ الدَهرِ

And you, praise be to God, are the most just of judges,

And you, by the praise of Allah, are the most just ruler,

So never lift the restraint on Time's folly.

So do not lift the stone from the folly of fate.