كمhow much يذهبُpasses away هُذاthis العمرُthe lifetime فيin الخسرانِloss
كم يذهبُ هُذا العمرُ في الخسرانِ
ماhow أغفلنيheedless I am فيهin it وماand how أنسانيforgetful I am
ما أغفلني فيه وما أنساني
How much of this life goes by in loss!
How much of this life is lost in vain
How heedless I am in it, and how forgetful!
What I neglected and what made me forget
ضيَّعتُI squandered زمانيmy time كلَّهall of it فيin لعبٍplay
ضيَّعتُ زماني كلَّه في لعبٍ
ياO عمرُlife فهلthen is there بعدكَafter you عمرٌa life ثانيanother
يا عمرُ فهل بعدكَ عمرٌ ثاني
I squandered all my time in play.
I wasted all my time just playing
O life, is there then another life after you?
O life, is there another life after you
ياoh ليتهمُif only they عادواreturned إلىto الأوطانِthe homelands
يا ليتهمُ عادوا إلى الأوطانِ
كيso that تجتمعَmay reunite الأرواحُthe souls بالأبدانِwith the bodies
كي تجتمعَ الأرواحُ بالأبدانِ
Oh, if only they would return to their homelands!
If only they would return to their homes
So that souls might reunite with bodies.
So souls reunite with their bodies
كمhow often رامَsought بيَfor me العذولُthe reproacher عنهمْin their place بدلاًa substitute
كم رامَ بيَ العذولُ عنهمْ بدلاً
هذاthis غلطٌa mistake عمريmy life قصيرٌshort فانيfleeting
هذا غلطٌ عمري قصيرٌ فاني
How often the reproacher sought to find me a substitute for them!
How much the bachelor longed for them instead
This is a mistake; my life is short and fleeting.
This was my mistake, my short fleeting life
Sol 6.1