دَهرٌ يَمُرُّ كَما تَرى فَأَهلَّةٌ

دَهرٌ يَمُرُّ كَما تَرى فَأَهلَّةٌ

تَنمي لِتَكمُلَ أَو بُدورٌ تَسقَمُ

تَنمي لِتَكمُلَ أَو بُدورٌ تَسقَمُ

Time passes, as you see: then crescent moons

Time passes as you see, so seize the moment

grow to fullness, or full moons sicken.

To reach completeness or cycles that decay.

وَتُحِبُّ أَن يُثنى عَلَيكَ بِأَنَّكَ ال

وَتُحِبُّ أَن يُثنى عَلَيكَ بِأَنَّكَ ال

بَرُّ التَقيُّ وَأَنتَ صِلٌّ أَرقَمُ

بَرُّ التَقيُّ وَأَنتَ صِلٌّ أَرقَمُ

And you love to be praised as the

You'd love to hear praise that you're so pure,

righteous, pious one, though you are a speckled viper.

So devout and kind - but you're corrupt decay.

وَشَهادَةٌ لَكَ أَنَّ خُلقَكَ يُجتَنى

وَشَهادَةٌ لَكَ أَنَّ خُلقَكَ يُجتَنى

لِيُصابَ شَهداً وَهوَ صابٌ عَلقَمُ

لِيُصابَ شَهداً وَهوَ صابٌ عَلقَمُ

And testimony in your favor that your character is harvested

To claim your character is worth learning

to find honey, though it is bitter sap and colocynth.

Is to hope for honey and get bitter gall.

تَجني فَتَنقُمُ ما كَرِهتَ وَكُلُّ ما

تَجني فَتَنقُمُ ما كَرِهتَ وَكُلُّ ما

تَجنيهِ تَحسَبُ أَنَّهُ لا يَنقُمُ

تَجنيهِ تَحسَبُ أَنَّهُ لا يَنقُمُ

You commit wrong, then condemn what you dislike; and every

You reap as you sow, avenging what you hate,

wrong you commit, you think no one condemns.

Blind that your own deeds will come back to appall.