لقد طوفت في الآفاق حتى

لقد طوفت في الآفاق حتى

بليت وقد أنى لي لو أبيد

بليت وقد أنى لي لو أبيد

I have indeed roamed the horizons until

I roamed the horizons until

I have grown worn, and my time has come—if only I could perish.

I was worn out, and wished if only I would perish

وأفناني ولا يفنى نهار

وأفناني ولا يفنى نهار

وليل كلما يمضي يعود

وليل كلما يمضي يعود

And day has worn me away, yet does not perish,

Yet the day exhausts me, and does not perish

and night, which returns whenever it passes,

And the night, as it passes, returns

وشهر مستهل بعد شهر

وشهر مستهل بعد شهر

وحول بعده حول جديد

وحول بعده حول جديد

and a newly begun month after another month,

And month after month begins anew

and a year followed by a new year,

Then year after year repeats

ومفقود عزيز الفقد تأتى

ومفقود عزيز الفقد تأتى

منيته ومأمول وليد

منيته ومأمول وليد

and one lost, whose loss is grievous, to whom has come

And the dear lost one returns

his death, and a hoped-for newborn.

As wished for, and new hope is born