لو سامح الدهر أو لو ساعد العمر

لو سامح الدهر أو لو ساعد العمر

لم ارع عهد سواك الدهر ما عمروا

لم ارع عهد سواك الدهر ما عمروا

If time were lenient, or if life lent its aid,

If time forgave or if life helped,

I would never keep a pledge to anyone but you, as long as they lived.

I would not care for any covenant but yours as long as I live.

أصدر هموماً أطال الود موردها

أصدر هموماً أطال الود موردها

لولا مواردها لمأدر ما السهر

لولا مواردها لمأدر ما السهر

I send back sorrows whose coming love has prolonged;

It unleashed worries and lengthened their affectionate source,

Were it not for their arrivals, I would not know what sleeplessness is.

If it were not for their source, I would not know what insomnia is.