ما لاِمْرِىءٍ بِيَدِ الدَّهْرِ الخَؤُونِ يَدُ

ما لاِمْرِىءٍ بِيَدِ الدَّهْرِ الخَؤُونِ يَدُ

ولا على جَلَدِ الدُّنيا لهُ جَلَدُ

ولا على جَلَدِ الدُّنيا لهُ جَلَدُ

No man has power against the hand of treacherous Time,

Man has no power over the turns of fate's hand

Nor has he the endurance to withstand the world's harshness.

Nor can he withstand time's blows so hard

طُوبى لأحبابِ أَقوامٍ أصَابَهُمُ

طُوبى لأحبابِ أَقوامٍ أصَابَهُمُ

مِنْ قَبلِ أَنْ عَشِقُوا مَوْتٌ فقدْ سَعِدُوا

مِنْ قَبلِ أَنْ عَشِقُوا مَوْتٌ فقدْ سَعِدُوا

Blessed are the loved ones of people whom

Happy are those friends who found

Death struck before they fell in love; fortunate indeed were they.

Death before they learned to love

وَحَقِّهِمْ إنّه حَقٌّ أَضِنُّ بِهِ

وَحَقِّهِمْ إنّه حَقٌّ أَضِنُّ بِهِ

لأُنْفِدَنَّ لهم دَمْعي كما نَفِدُوا

لأُنْفِدَنَّ لهم دَمْعي كما نَفِدُوا

And by their right—it is indeed a right I hold dear—

I avow their due right, and willingly

I shall surely exhaust my tears for them, just as they came to an end.

Shed my tears for them as they shed their blood

يا دَهْرُ إنّكَ مَسْقِيٌّ بكَأسِهُمُ

يا دَهْرُ إنّكَ مَسْقِيٌّ بكَأسِهُمُ

ووارِدٌ ذلكَ الحَوْضَ الّذي وَرَدُوا

ووارِدٌ ذلكَ الحَوْضَ الّذي وَرَدُوا

O Time, you shall indeed be made to drink from their cup,

O Time, you who made them drink the cup

And reach that pool which they reached.

And go to the spring to which they came

الخَلْقُ ماضونَ والأيّامُ تَتْبَعُهُمْ

الخَلْقُ ماضونَ والأيّامُ تَتْبَعُهُمْ

نَفْنَى جَميعاً ويبقى الواحِدُ الصَّمَدُ

نَفْنَى جَميعاً ويبقى الواحِدُ الصَّمَدُ

Created beings pass away, and the days follow them.

Mankind passes away and days pursue them

We all perish, and the One, the Self-Sufficient, remains.

We all pass, but the One, the Eternal, remains