تقاضاكَ دَهْرُك ما أَسْلَفا

تقاضاكَ دَهْرُك ما أَسْلَفا

وكدَّر عَيْشَكَ بعد الصَّفا

وكدَّر عَيْشَكَ بعد الصَّفا

Your time has demanded back what it lent you,

Your life demands back what it once gave

and clouded your life after its serenity.

And troubled your life after clearness

فَلا تَعْجَبنَّ فإِنَّ الزَمانَ

فَلا تَعْجَبنَّ فإِنَّ الزَمانَ

رَهِينٌ بِتَفْريقِ ما أَلَّفا

رَهِينٌ بِتَفْريقِ ما أَلَّفا

So do not be astonished, for time

So do not wonder, for time

is bound to sunder what it once united.

Is pledged to sunder what it once joined