1. بِطولِ سُراكَ وَتِرحالِكا

    وَتَمِّكَ مِن بَعدِ اِنحالِكا

    By your long night travels and your journeying,

    and your fullness after your waning,

  2. تَكَلَّم فَخَبِّر بَني آدَمٍ

    بِما عَلِمَ اللَهُ مِن حالِكا

    speak, and tell the children of Adam

    what God knows of your state.

  3. أَظُنُّكَ غَيرَ مُبالي الضَميرِ

    بِخَصبِكَ يَوماً وَإِمحالِكا

    I think you unconcerned at heart

    with your abundance one day and your barrenness.

  4. وَيا عالِماً بِصُروفِ الزَمانِ

    كَما عَلِمَ القَومُ مِن ذِلكا

    And O you who know the vicissitudes of time,

    just as people have learned of them.