ما كانَ يَرِفُني زَمانِيَ قَبلَ ما

ما كانَ يَرِفُني زَمانِيَ قَبلَ ما

عَرَّفتَ ما بَينَ الزَمانِ وَبَيني

عَرَّفتَ ما بَينَ الزَمانِ وَبَيني

My time had never treated me kindly before

My time did not please me before

You made known what lay between time and me.

You made me see the difference between time and me

فَإِذا وَيَومي في السَعادَةِ واحِدٌ

فَإِذا وَيَومي في السَعادَةِ واحِدٌ

وَالناسُ في الأَيّامِ في يَومَينِ

وَالناسُ في الأَيّامِ في يَومَينِ

And lo, my day is constant in happiness,

So my day and happiness became one

While people's days are of two kinds.

While people live their days in two