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Time has turned the blackness of your hair to white

قلب الزمان سواد رأسك أبيضا

1. Time has turned the blackness of your hair to white
And your body's weakness and frailty grew

١. قَلَبَ الزَمانُ سَوادَ رَأسِكَ أَبيَضا
وَنَعاكَ جِسمُكَ رِقَّةً وَتَقَبُّضا

2. You got whatever you wished for in life
Yet it seems you got nothing when it's through

٢. نَل أَيَّ شَيءٍ شِئتَ مِن نَوعِ المُنى
فَكَأَنَّ شَيئاً لَم تَنَلهُ إِذا اِنقَضى

3. And when something came, it came to pass
As if it never came, when it's past

٣. وَإِذا أَتى شَيءٌ أَتى لِمُضِيِّهِ
وَكَأَنَّهُ لَم يَأتِ قَطُّ إِذا مَضى

4. We seek wealth in life, and it increases our poverty
We seek health, yet we grow sicker

٤. نَبغي مِنَ الدُنيا الغِنى فَيَزيدُنا
فَقراً وَنَطلُبُ أَن نَصِحَّ فَنَمرَضا

5. A servant won't prove his love for God
Unless he loves and hates for His sake

٥. لَن يَصدُقَ اللَهَ المَحَبَّةَ عَبدُهُ
إِلّا أَحَبَّ لَهُ وَمِنهُ وَأَبغَضا

6. The soul seeking salvation and what it wants
Has no savior until it reaches contentment

٦. وَالنَفسُ في طَلَبِ الخَلاصِ وَمالَها
مِن مَخلَصٍ حَتّى تَصيرَ إِلى الرِضى