أَسلَمَني الدّهُر للرّزايا

أَسلَمَني الدّهُر للرّزايا

وَغَيّر الحادثاتُ قَفْشي

وَغَيّر الحادثاتُ قَفْشي

Time has delivered me over to calamities,

Time has surrendered me to calamities,

and the vicissitudes have altered my bow.

And life's vicissitudes have altered my skin.

وكنْتُ أمشي ولستُ أعْيَا

وكنْتُ أمشي ولستُ أعْيَا

فَصِرتُ أعيا ولستُ أمشي

فَصِرتُ أعيا ولستُ أمشي

I used to walk and never tire;

I used to walk without growing weary;

now I tire though I do not walk.

Now I grow weary without walking.

كأنّني إذْ كبرتُ نَسْرٌ

كأنّني إذْ كبرتُ نَسْرٌ

يُطعِمُهُ فَرْخُهُ بِعُشِّ

يُطعِمُهُ فَرْخُهُ بِعُشِّ

As though, now that I have grown old, I were an eagle

As though, now that I have grown old, I were a vulture

whose chick feeds him in a nest.

Whose chick feeds it in a nest.