أَرى الدَهرَ لا يُبقي كَريماً لِأَهلِهِ

أَرى الدَهرَ لا يُبقي كَريماً لِأَهلِهِ

وَلا تُحرِزُ اللُؤمانَ مِنهُ المَهارِبُ

وَلا تُحرِزُ اللُؤمانَ مِنهُ المَهارِبُ

I see that time spares no noble man for his kin;

I see time does not leave one noble for his own

nor do refuges shield the ignoble from it.

Nor can the gifted escape its sudden turns

أَرى كُلَّ حَيٍّ مَيِّتاً فَمُوَدِّعاً

أَرى كُلَّ حَيٍّ مَيِّتاً فَمُوَدِّعاً

وَإِن عاشَ دَهراً لَم تَنُبهُ النَوائِبُ

وَإِن عاشَ دَهراً لَم تَنُبهُ النَوائِبُ

I see that every living being will die, then bid farewell,

I see all the living as if dead, bidding farewell

even if he lives an age untouched by calamities.

Though one lives an age, misfortunes stay asleep