حُظوظٌ فَرَبعٌ يُحَظّى الغَمامَ

حُظوظٌ فَرَبعٌ يُحَظّى الغَمامَ

وَربَعٌ يُجادُ وَرَبعٌ يُدَث

وَربَعٌ يُجادُ وَرَبعٌ يُدَث

Fortunes vary: one dwelling is favored with clouds,

Our fortunes are fourfold - one shrouded in clouds,

And one receives abundant rain, and another light rain.

One generous, one talkative,

وَكَم حَدَثٍ مِن صُروفِ الزَمانِ

وَكَم حَدَثٍ مِن صُروفِ الزَمانِ

يُكَرِّهُهُ شَيخُنا وَالحَدَث

يُكَرِّهُهُ شَيخُنا وَالحَدَث

And how many an event among the vicissitudes of time

And how many events has time's tide washed up

Our old man and the young man abhor:

That our elder scorns, but not the youth.

مَراسُ الأَذى وَلِباسُ الضَنى

مَراسُ الأَذى وَلِباسُ الضَنى

وَسُقيُ الحِمامِ وَسُكنى الجَدَث

وَسُقيُ الحِمامِ وَسُكنى الجَدَث

Grappling with harm, and the garb of wasting sickness,

The millstone of harm, the cloak of sorrow,

And the draught of death, and dwelling in the grave.

The quenching of passions, the abode of dust;