أَقولُ لِلدَهرِ وَقَد عَضَّني

أَقولُ لِلدَهرِ وَقَد عَضَّني

فوهُ بِأَنيابٍ وَأَضراسِ

فوهُ بِأَنيابٍ وَأَضراسِ

I say to Time, having been bitten

I say to fate when it has bitten me

by its mouth, with fangs and molars:

With its incisors and its molars too

يا دَهرُ إِن أَبقَيتَ لي مالِكاً

يا دَهرُ إِن أَبقَيتَ لي مالِكاً

فَاِذهَب بِمَن شِئتَ مِنَ الناسِ

فَاِذهَب بِمَن شِئتَ مِنَ الناسِ

O Time, if you spare Malik for me,

O fate if you left me some possessions

then take away whomever you wish from among the people.

Then take whoever else that you want to