كابرنيكَ الزمان يا حسن

كابرنيكَ الزمان يا حسن

فخاب سهمي وأفلح الزمن

فخاب سهمي وأفلح الزمن

Time contended with me for you, O Hasan;

Time has overcome me, O Beauty,

so my arrow failed, and Time prevailed.

So my fate is lost and time prevails.

ليتك إذ لم تكن بقيت لنا

ليتك إذ لم تكن بقيت لنا

لم تبق روحٌ يحوطها بدنُ

لم تبق روحٌ يحوطها بدنُ

Would that, since you did not remain with us,

If only, since you weren't meant to last,

no soul enclosed within a body had remained.

No soul had remained housed in a body.